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| ⭐️ Total score | 3 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
3 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Taiyuan is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 1°C 35°F + 😊 Comfy (52%) = feels -1°C 30°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 158 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 118 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 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 coworking space | Regus |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,600,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 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 | $878 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $506 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,457 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $416 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $361 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $548 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $177 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $17 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $18 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $121 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $4,123 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ 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
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
34
1° cold |
45
7° cold |
55
13° cool |
59
15° cool |
72
22° mild |
81
27° warm |
84
29° warm |
82
28° warm |
72
22° mild |
55
13° cool |
45
7° cold |
37
3° cold |
| Real |
36
2°
very cold |
45
7°
cold |
54
12°
cool |
58
15°
cool |
72
22°
mild |
79
26°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
79
26°
warm |
71
22°
mild |
55
13°
cool |
45
7°
cold |
37
3°
very cold |
| Humidity |
too dry 27% |
nice 30% |
nice 48% |
nice 49% |
nice 36% |
nice 56% |
nice 68% |
nice 71% |
nice 71% |
nice 56% |
nice 48% |
too dry 25% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 1mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 17mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 38mm |
rainy 57mm |
rainy 102mm |
rainy 53mm |
rainy 68mm |
dry 18mm |
dry 17mm |
dry 0mm |
| Cloud |
clear 9% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 40% |
clear 10% |
pockets 11% |
| Air quality |
bad 167 US AQI |
bad 158 US AQI |
bad 142 US AQI |
bad 145 US AQI |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
bad 134 US AQI |
bad 153 US AQI |
bad 145 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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