| ⭐️ Total score |
2.07/5 (Rank #1048)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,264 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 2 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 15°C59°F (feels 16°C61°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 74%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 124 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 100 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 |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
2 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Yantai is fast averaging 16 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~2 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 15°C 59°F + 💦 Damp (74%) = feels 16°C 61°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 124 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 101 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.40 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 140 |
| 💸 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 | 1,700,000 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 | $1,264 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $763 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,747 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $499 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $627 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,195 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $252 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $126,383 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $29 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $39 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $147 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $23,879 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $4 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ 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) | 0°C / 32°F freezing | 0°C / 0°F freezing | 7°C / 45°F cold | 10°C / 50°F cold | 19°C / 66°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 19°C / 66°F mild | 9°C / 48°F cold | 4°C / 39°F cold |
| Real (median) |
2°C / 35°F
very cold |
0°C / 32°F
freezing |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
10°C / 50°F
cold |
19°C / 65°F
mild |
24°C / 74°F
warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
5°C / 41°F
very cold |
| Humidity |
nice 64% |
nice 58% |
nice 62% |
nice 52% |
nice 64% |
nice 76% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 83% |
nice 83% |
nice 69% |
nice 67% |
nice 59% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
dry 10mm |
dry 12mm |
dry 22mm |
dry 41mm |
dry 46mm |
rainy 54mm |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 143mm |
rainy 58mm |
dry 35mm |
dry 42mm |
dry 8mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 27% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 16% |
| Air quality |
bad 132 US AQI |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 126 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 79 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 125 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 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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