| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.24/5 (Rank #339)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,283 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 9 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 11°C52°F (feels 11°C52°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 58%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 134 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 53 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Great
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
9 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Datong is fast averaging 72 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~9 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌫 11°C 52°F + 😊 Comfy (58%) = feels 11°C 52°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 134 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 54 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 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 | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 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 | $2,283 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,586 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,741 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,069 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,022 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,484 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $844 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $123,206 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $48 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $49 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $159 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $11 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ 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
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
-523° freezing |
337° cold |
948° cold |
1254° cool |
2068° mild |
2475° warm |
2984° warm |
2577° warm |
2170° mild |
1152° cool |
236° cold |
-228° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-328°
freezing |
540°
very cold |
1049°
cold |
1254°
cool |
1966°
mild |
2475°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2577°
warm |
2170°
mild |
1152°
cool |
337°
very cold |
-131°
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 38% |
nice 38% |
nice 42% |
nice 38% |
nice 32% |
nice 40% |
nice 65% |
nice 62% |
nice 61% |
nice 45% |
nice 54% |
nice 38% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 0mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 25mm |
dry 39mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 55mm |
dry 39mm |
dry 35mm |
dry 17mm |
dry 0mm |
| Cloud |
clear 9% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 10% |
clear 6% |
| Air quality |
bad 126 US AQI |
bad 109 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
bad 132 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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