| ⭐️ Total score |
2.67/5 (Rank #270)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,814 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 2 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 17°C62°F (feels 17°C63°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 78%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 97 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 96 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Good
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| 👩 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
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 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 |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 25 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
2 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Ningbo is fast averaging 16 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~2 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 17°C 62°F + 💦 Damp (78%) = feels 17°C 63°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 97 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 96 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.41 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 141 |
| 💸 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 | 1,600,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 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 | $1,814 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,289 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,681 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $766 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $902 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,331 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $493 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $365,659 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $42 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $76 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $154 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $7,747 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ 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) | 7°C / 45°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 13°C / 55°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 25°C / 77°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 34°C / 93°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 19°C / 66°F mild | 15°C / 59°F cool | 12°C / 54°F cool |
| Real (median) |
7°C / 45°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
25°C / 76°F
warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
19°C / 65°F
mild |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
12°C / 53°F
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 64% |
damp 84% |
damp 88% |
damp 75% |
nice 83% |
nice 97% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 84% |
nice 85% |
damp 77% |
nice 70% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 10mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 136mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 199mm |
rainy 301mm |
rainy 190mm |
rainy 221mm |
rainy 185mm |
rainy 91mm |
rainy 84mm |
dry 9mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 36% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 29% |
| Air quality |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 127 US AQI |
bad 137 US AQI |
bad 125 US AQI |
bad 109 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 96 US AQI |
bad 111 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
bad 148 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
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seek shade 5 UVI |
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seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
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seek shade 4 UVI |
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| Remote workers | 0 people | 400 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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