⭐️ Total score |
2.35/5 (Rank #498)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,516 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 74Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 18°C64°F (feels 18°C64°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 58%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 82 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 72 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: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 16x16m)
|
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
74 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Qingdao is fast averaging 592 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~74 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 18°C 64°F + 😊 Comfy (58%) = feels 18°C 64°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 82 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 73 US AQI |
🔌 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 | Stabucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍16% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 730,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 13,990 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,700,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 16x16m (256m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Shandong Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
🏥 Best hospital | Qingdao Municipal Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,516 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,025 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,344 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $384 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $940 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,422 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $318 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $292,455 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $44 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $79 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $141 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ 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
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 1°C / 34°F cold | 3°C / 37°F cold | 6°C / 43°F cold | 11°C / 52°F cool | 16°C / 61°F cool | 20°C / 68°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 31°C / 88°F hot | 24°C / 75°F warm | 18°C / 64°F cool | 13°C / 55°F cool | 8°C / 46°F cold |
Real (median) |
4°C / 39°F
very cold |
5°C / 41°F
very cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
20°C / 67°F
mild |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
14°C / 57°F
cool |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
Humidity |
nice 57% |
nice 63% |
nice 69% |
nice 69% |
damp 76% |
nice 88% |
nice 89% |
sweaty 79% |
nice 79% |
nice 62% |
nice 63% |
nice 52% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 4mm |
dry 26mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 156mm |
rainy 159mm |
rainy 87mm |
dry 48mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 1mm |
Cloud |
pockets 23% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 38% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 19% |
Air quality |
bad 122 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 85 US AQI |
okay 71 US AQI |
okay 75 US AQI |
okay 58 US AQI |
okay 70 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 126 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 267 people | 250 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 500 people | 200 people |
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