| ⭐️ Total score |
2.11/5 (Rank #921)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,852 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 2 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 14°C57°F (feels 14°C57°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 63%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 114 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 84 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Great
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 8k ppl/km² (1 per 11x11m)
|
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
2 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Guiyang is fast averaging 16 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~2 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 14°C 57°F + 😊 Comfy (63%) = feels 14°C 57°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 114 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 85 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.41 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 141 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 11x11m (121m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ganji |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | China Southern Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,852 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $834 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,456 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $702 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,325 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $884 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $427 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $141,243 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $109 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $29 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $134 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 6°C / 43°F cold | 7°C / 45°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 16°C / 61°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 23°C / 73°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 15°C / 59°F cool | 11°C / 52°F cool | 8°C / 46°F cold |
| Real (median) |
6°C / 42°F
very cold |
7°C / 45°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
16°C / 60°F
cool |
21°C / 69°F
mild |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
25°C / 76°F
warm |
24°C / 74°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
11°C / 52°F
cool |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
| Humidity |
damp 75% |
damp 88% |
damp 86% |
damp 95% |
nice 94% |
nice 94% |
nice 90% |
nice 91% |
nice 85% |
damp 90% |
damp 84% |
damp 74% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
dry 45mm |
rainy 70mm |
dry 50mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 190mm |
rainy 242mm |
rainy 187mm |
rainy 169mm |
rainy 108mm |
rainy 108mm |
rainy 67mm |
dry 39mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 48% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 49% |
| Air quality |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 125 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
okay 99 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
okay 82 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 300 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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