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| ⭐️ Total score | 10 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 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* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
5 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Changsha is fast averaging 40 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~5 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 34°C 93°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 46°C 115°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 119 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 103 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 1.39 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 139 |
| 💸 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 | 2,100,000 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 | $3,040 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,446 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,485 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $710 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,175 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $7,132 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,038 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $166,394 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $55 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $234 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $179 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $5,546 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ 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 | 8°C / 46°F cold | 14°C / 57°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 23°C / 73°F mild | 32°C / 90°F hot | 39°C / 102°F hot | 40°C / 104°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 19°C / 66°F mild | 15°C / 59°F cool | 11°C / 52°F cool |
| Real (median) |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
14°C / 56°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
11°C / 51°F
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 64% |
damp 89% |
damp 92% |
damp 95% |
nice 91% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 72% |
nice 78% |
nice 66% |
nice 61% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
dry 27mm |
rainy 107mm |
rainy 163mm |
rainy 209mm |
rainy 279mm |
rainy 153mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 156mm |
dry 37mm |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 71mm |
dry 29mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 32% |
| Air quality |
bad 164 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 138 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
bad 109 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 161 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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