⭐️ Total score |
2.1/5 (Rank #958)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,771 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 5 Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 36°C97°F (feels 44°C111°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 51%
|
❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 78 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 132 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Great
|
👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 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 |
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 |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
5 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Luoyang is fast averaging 40 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~5 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 36°C 97°F + 😊 Comfy (51%) = feels 44°C 111°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 78 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 133 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) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 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 | $1,771 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,239 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,539 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $725 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $882 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,365 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $444 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $131,729 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $41 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $78 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $152 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ 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
❌ 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) | 3°C / 37°F cold | 3°C / 37°F cold | 12°C / 54°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 24°C / 75°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm | 34°C / 93°F hot | 29°C / 84°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 16°C / 61°F cool | 8°C / 46°F cold | 5°C / 41°F cold |
Real (median) |
4°C / 38°F
very cold |
3°C / 37°F
very cold |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
6°C / 42°F
very cold |
Humidity |
nice 34% |
nice 35% |
nice 61% |
nice 56% |
nice 46% |
nice 54% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 77% |
nice 80% |
nice 68% |
nice 48% |
nice 33% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 4mm |
dry 18mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 44mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 47mm |
rainy 176mm |
rainy 165mm |
rainy 107mm |
rainy 54mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 7mm |
Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 18% |
Air quality |
bad 198 US AQI |
bad 181 US AQI |
bad 168 US AQI |
bad 156 US AQI |
bad 145 US AQI |
bad 136 US AQI |
bad 127 US AQI |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 126 US AQI |
bad 149 US AQI |
bad 169 US AQI |
bad 159 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
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seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
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