| ⭐️ Total score |
2.15/5 (Rank #808)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,084 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 5 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Freezing
: -5°C23°F (feels -8°C18°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 36%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 91 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 82 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 |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 9k ppl/km² (1 per 10x10m)
|
| 🚶 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 |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
5 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Shenyang is fast averaging 40 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~5 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ -5°C 23°F + 😊 Comfy (36%) = feels -8°C 18°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 91 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 82 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 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 | 8,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 10x10m (100m²) per person |
| 👫 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 | $1,084 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $685 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,776 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $507 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $568 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $821 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $292 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $169,690 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $27 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $27 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $107 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $19,797 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $5 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Feels crowded
❌ 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) | -12°C / 10°F freezing | -2°C / 28°F freezing | 10°C / 50°F cold | 16°C / 61°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 36°C / 97°F hot | 25°C / 77°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 15°C / 59°F cool | -1°C / 30°F freezing | -5°C / 23°F freezing |
| Real (median) |
-9°C / 16°F
freezing |
1°C / 33°F
very cold |
11°C / 51°F
cool |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
1°C / 34°F
very cold |
-2°C / 29°F
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 52% |
nice 57% |
nice 45% |
nice 31% |
nice 49% |
nice 66% |
sweaty 82% |
nice 86% |
nice 80% |
nice 61% |
damp 77% |
nice 49% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 7mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 14mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 114mm |
rainy 170mm |
rainy 169mm |
rainy 66mm |
dry 50mm |
dry 31mm |
dry 1mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 20% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 12% |
| Air quality |
bad 136 US AQI |
bad 143 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 111 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 127 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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