| ⭐️ Total score |
2.9/5 (Rank #252)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍2 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,549 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 7 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 5°C40°F (feels 4°C39°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 49%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy : 171 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 99 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Great
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 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
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 5k ppl/km² (1 per 14x14m)
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| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Okay |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
7 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Nanjing is fast averaging 56 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~7 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 5°C 40°F + 😊 Comfy (49%) = feels 4°C 39°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 171 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 99 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.43 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 143 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Maan Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 57% 👱♀️ 43% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 81% 👱♀️ 19% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | China Eastern |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
| 🏥 Best hospital | General Hospital of Nanjing Military Base |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,549 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $850 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,056 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $587 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $978 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $415 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $501,167 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $46 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $241 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $23,845 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ 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) | 8°C / 46°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 13°C / 55°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 25°C / 77°F warm | 37°C / 99°F hot | 42°C / 108°F scorching | 37°C / 99°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 21°C / 70°F mild | 17°C / 63°F cool | 12°C / 54°F cool |
| Real (median) |
9°C / 47°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
17°C / 62°F
cool |
12°C / 53°F
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 62% |
nice 70% |
damp 76% |
nice 69% |
nice 79% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 95% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 82% |
nice 76% |
nice 65% |
nice 48% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 28mm |
dry 36mm |
rainy 82mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 124mm |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 215mm |
rainy 161mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 59mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 9mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 29% |
pockets 38% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 24% |
| Air quality |
bad 155 US AQI |
bad 144 US AQI |
bad 139 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 145 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 233 people | 200 people | 280 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 240 people |
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