| ⭐️ Total score |
2.08/5 (Rank #993)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,946 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 7 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 20°C68°F (feels 21°C70°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 66%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 134 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 80 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 |
Bad |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 13 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
7 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Zhuhai is fast averaging 56 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~7 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (66%) = feels 21°C 70°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 134 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 81 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 coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 3,277,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 62,804 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 830,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 91% 👱♀️ 9% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $1,946 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,367 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,381 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $680 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $963 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,854 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $459 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $282,817 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $45 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $94 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $181 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $8,485 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ 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) | 18°C / 64°F cool | 22°C / 72°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 38°C / 100°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 40°C / 104°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 22°C / 72°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild |
| Real (median) |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
22°C / 71°F
mild |
24°C / 74°F
warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
22°C / 71°F
mild |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 63% |
nice 74% |
nice 78% |
nice 78% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 73% |
nice 63% |
nice 69% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 1mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 22mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 293mm |
rainy 243mm |
rainy 296mm |
rainy 97mm |
dry 39mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 37mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 28% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 43% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 57% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 31% |
| Air quality |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 54 US AQI |
okay 60 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 128 US AQI |
bad 126 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 333 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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