⭐️ Total score |
2.67/5 (Rank #308)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍5 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🙂 Okay: $2,741 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 71 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C86°F (feels 38°C100°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 82%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 99%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 71 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Good |
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$3,662 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Great |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Hong Kong |
🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 71 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 30°C 86°F + 🥵 Sweaty (82%) = feels 38°C 100°F
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💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 71 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Tsing Yi South |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Sam Shing |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10 HKD in USD | USD 1.27 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | HKD 1,000 = USD 127 |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | CoCoon |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | The Hive |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | McCafe |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍15% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 25,695,800 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 492,459 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,200,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $43,943 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 84% 👱♀️ 16% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Square Foot |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Hong Kong Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Hong Kong Central Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,741 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,516 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $8,094 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,313 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,140 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,304 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,076 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $974,529 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $53 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $43 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $238 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $7 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
👩🏫 International school | $19,930 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $9 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $4,321 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $12,821 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $37,500 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Great food variety
✅ Excellent public transport
✅ Easy access to nature
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Very expensive housing
❌ Overcrowded
❌ Political instability
❌ Blunt locals
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Expensive
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 18°C / 64°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 22°C / 72°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 37°C / 99°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 29°C / 84°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 17°C / 63°F cool |
Real (median) |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
Humidity |
nice 66% |
damp 81% |
nice 87% |
nice 88% |
nice 88% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 86% |
nice 82% |
nice 70% |
damp 77% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 2mm |
rainy 59mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 41mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 338mm |
rainy 241mm |
rainy 291mm |
rainy 98mm |
dry 40mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 40mm |
Cloud |
pockets 29% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 37% |
Air quality |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
okay 75 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 71 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
Remote workers | 2,011 people | 1,261 people | 1,891 people | 2,084 people | 1,747 people | 1,484 people | 1,210 people | 1,108 people | 1,530 people | 1,583 people | 2,084 people | 1,623 people |
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