⭐️ Total score |
2.06/5 (Rank #1050)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,344 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 7°C44°F (feels 6°C43°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 39%
|
💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy : 188 US AQI
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 103 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 |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 15x15m)
|
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
3 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Zhengzhou is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 7°C 44°F + 😊 Comfy (39%) = feels 6°C 43°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 188 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 104 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Didi |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.38 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 138 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 9,900,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | China Southern |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
🏥 Best hospital | First Affiliated University Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,344 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $635 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,451 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $414 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,397 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,018 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $239 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $65 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $33 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $139 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $4,820 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ 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
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ 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 |
43
6° cold |
55
13° cool |
59
15° cool |
68
20° mild |
77
25° warm |
88
31° hot |
88
31° hot |
82
28° warm |
79
26° warm |
66
19° mild |
59
15° cool |
45
7° cold |
Real |
44
7°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
58
15°
cool |
66
19°
mild |
80
27°
warm |
91
33°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
84
29°
very warm |
79
26°
warm |
64
18°
cool |
59
15°
cool |
46
8°
cold |
Humidity |
too dry 16% |
too dry 21% |
nice 31% |
too dry 27% |
too dry 22% |
too dry 25% |
nice 37% |
nice 37% |
nice 39% |
nice 33% |
too dry 23% |
too dry 16% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 3mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 31mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 189mm |
rainy 151mm |
rainy 88mm |
dry 43mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 7mm |
Cloud |
pockets 27% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 37% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 20% |
Air quality |
bad 190 US AQI |
bad 172 US AQI |
bad 153 US AQI |
bad 143 US AQI |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 159 US AQI |
bad 156 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
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avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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