⭐️ Total score |
2.18/5 (Rank #715)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,085 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 6Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 24°C76°F (feels 24°C75°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 47%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 68 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 83 US AQI
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👌 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: 7k ppl/km² (1 per 12x12m)
|
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
6 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Dalian is fast averaging 48 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~6 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 24°C 76°F + 😊 Comfy (47%) = feels 24°C 75°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 68 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 83 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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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) |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
📸 Visitors per year | 940,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 18,015 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,200,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 12x12m (144m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | China Southern |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,085 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,112 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,303 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $658 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,509 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,974 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $430 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $222,547 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $71 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $65 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $352 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $12,933 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ 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 (median) | 0°C / 0°F freezing | 0°C / 32°F freezing | 3°C / 37°F cold | 8°C / 46°F cold | 16°C / 61°F cool | 19°C / 66°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 16°C / 61°F cool | 8°C / 46°F cold | 3°C / 37°F cold |
Real (median) |
0°C / 32°F
freezing |
3°C / 37°F
very cold |
5°C / 41°F
very cold |
10°C / 50°F
cold |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
10°C / 49°F
cold |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
Humidity |
nice 55% |
nice 58% |
nice 69% |
nice 57% |
nice 69% |
nice 87% |
nice 89% |
nice 79% |
nice 77% |
nice 64% |
nice 56% |
nice 50% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 9mm |
dry 12mm |
dry 15mm |
dry 36mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 88mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 34mm |
dry 30mm |
dry 2mm |
Cloud |
pockets 28% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 21% |
Air quality |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
okay 79 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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