2.2/5
2 reviews
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Qinhuangdao

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✅ Affordable to live

✅ Very safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Warm now

✅ Good air quality today

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Easy to do business

✅ Safe for women

❌ No freedom of speech

❌ No democracy

❌ Not much to do

❌ Gets very cold in the winter

❌ Very dry air now

❌ Difficult to make friends

❌ Quality of education is low

❌ Roads can be dangerous

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Not family friendly

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ People smoking tobacco a lot

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels (median)

-4°C / 25°F freezing

0°C / 0°F freezing

7°C / 45°F cold

10°C / 50°F cold

20°C / 68°F mild

23°C / 73°F mild

29°C / 84°F warm

28°C / 82°F warm

22°C / 72°F mild

15°C / 59°F cool

3°C / 37°F cold

0°C / 0°F freezing

Real (median)

-4°C / 26°F
freezing

0°C / 32°F
freezing

7°C / 45°F
cold

10°C / 50°F
cold

19°C / 66°F
mild

23°C / 73°F
mild

26°C / 78°F
warm

22°C / 71°F
mild

15°C / 58°F
cool

3°C / 37°F
very cold

0°C / 32°F
freezing

Humidity

nice
38%

nice
47%

nice
52%

nice
45%

nice
53%

nice
75%

nice
89%

nice
84%

nice
62%

nice
66%

nice
34%

Most common

Rain

dry
2mm

dry
7mm

dry
12mm

dry
32mm

dry
15mm

rainy
98mm

rainy
187mm

rainy
122mm

rainy
53mm

dry
36mm

dry
16mm

dry
0mm

Cloud

pockets
12%

pockets
11%

pockets
16%

pockets
29%

pockets
26%

pockets
31%

pockets
41%

pockets
30%

pockets
35%

pockets
24%

pockets
11%

clear
3%

Air quality

bad
125 US AQI

bad
131 US AQI

bad
123 US AQI

bad
108 US AQI

bad
113 US AQI

bad
111 US AQI

bad
104 US AQI

okay
73 US AQI

okay
97 US AQI

bad
104 US AQI

bad
110 US AQI

bad
118 US AQI

Sun

safe
2 UVI

seek shade
3 UVI

seek shade
4 UVI

seek shade
5 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

seek shade
5 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

seek shade
5 UVI

seek shade
4 UVI

safe
2 UVI

Remote workers

0 people

200 people

0 people

200 people

0 people

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⭐️ Total score	2.2/5 (Rank #718) 2 reviews
👍 Quality of life score	Okay
👶 Family score	Bad
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $1,686 / mo
📡 Internet	🚀 Super fast: 87Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Bad
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🌞 Nice: 19°C67°F (feels 20°C68°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	🌵 Too dry: 28%
💨 Air quality (now)	🌱 Good: 59 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	😷 Unhealthy for some: 106 US AQI
👌 Safety	Great
🤮 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
🚶 Walkability	Bad
🚦 Traffic safety*	Bad
✈️ Airline scores*	Good
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Okay
😄 Happiness*	Okay
🍸 Nightlife	Bad
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Okay
❄️ A/C or heating	Bad
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Okay
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Bad
👩 Female friendly	Okay
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly	Bad
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Asia
🚩 Country	China
📡 Internet speed (avg)	87 Mbps ⚠️ Internet in Qinhuangdao is fast averaging 696 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~87 Mbps.
⛅️ Weather (now)	☀️ 19°C 67°F + 🌵 Too dry (28%) = feels 20°C 68°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👍 59 US AQI 🍃 OK
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👎☠️ 106 US AQI = 🚬 / day
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Didi
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 10 CNY in USD	USD 1.37
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	CNY 1,000 = USD 137
💸 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	820,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$8,126 / year
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 50% 👱‍♀️ 50%
👫 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	$1,686 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$1,268 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$2,775 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$793 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$480 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$2,125 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$508 / month
🏠 Median home price	$164,496
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$22 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$70 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$183 / month
🍛 Dinner	$3
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$1
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$2
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$4

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