| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.93/5 (Rank #685)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,240 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 10 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 15°C58°F (feels 15°C59°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 92%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 17 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 90 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 |
| 😄 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 | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
10 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Yiwu is fast averaging 80 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~10 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 15°C 58°F + 💦 Damp (92%) = feels 15°C 59°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 17 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 91 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.46 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 146 |
| 💸 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 | 910,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $1,240 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $676 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,678 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $479 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $912 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $861 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $262 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $262,460 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $43 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $28 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $110 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $17,497 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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) |
1152° cool |
1559° cool |
1661° cool |
2170° mild |
3086° warm |
3493° hot |
46115° scorching |
42108° scorching |
41106° scorching |
2170° mild |
1763° cool |
1355° cool |
| Real (median) |
1151°
cool |
1559°
cool |
1661°
cool |
2170°
mild |
2780°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
3290°
hot |
3188°
hot |
3289°
hot |
2170°
mild |
1763°
cool |
1355°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 64% |
damp 81% |
damp 85% |
nice 81% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 78% |
nice 78% |
damp 73% |
nice 68% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 10mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 176mm |
rainy 304mm |
rainy 150mm |
rainy 167mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 56mm |
rainy 76mm |
dry 19mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 22% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 37% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 30% |
| Air quality |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 126 US AQI |
bad 111 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
okay 82 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 119 US AQI |
bad 148 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people |
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