Name: Zhangzhou
Rating: 2.56 (1 reviews)

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🎒 Nomad Score™	2.56/5 (Rank #1270) 1 reviews
👍 Quality of life score	Okay
👶 Family score	Bad
🎒 Community score	Okay
🤯 Overcrowding score	0% is nomad here
💵 Cost	🙂 Okay: $2,948 / mo
📡 Internet	😡 Slow: 8 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Bad
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 25°C76°F (feels 25°C77°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 70%
❄️ % of buildings with AC	😥 Medium: 60%
💨 Air quality (now)	😐 Moderate: 55 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	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Bad
✈️ Airline scores*	Great
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
😄 Happiness*	Okay
🍸 Nightlife	Bad
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Okay
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Bad
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Bad
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Asia
🚩 Country	China
📡 Internet speed (avg)	8 Mbps ⚠️ Internet in Zhangzhou is fast averaging 64 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~8 Mbps.
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌥 25°C 76°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 25°C 77°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👍 55 US AQI 🍃 OK
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👎☠️ 101 US AQI = 🚬 / day
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Didi
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 10 CNY in USD	USD 1.45
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	CNY 1,000 = USD 145
💸 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	570,000 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	$2,948 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$4,157 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$15,614 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$4,461 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$1,081 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$748 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$4,809 / month
🏠 Median home price	$173,625
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$51 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$25 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$189 / month
🍛 Dinner	$3
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$1
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$3
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$4

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