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| ⭐️ Total score | 75 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
2 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Hangzhou is fast averaging 16 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~2 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 20°C 67°F + 😊 Comfy (85%) = feels 20°C 68°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 57 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 100 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 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 coworking space | Allface |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 900,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 17,248 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 9,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 13x13m (169m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | China Eastern |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
| 🏥 Best hospital | North American International Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,472 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $989 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,232 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $638 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $642 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,479 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $399 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $477,857 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $30 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $48 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $130 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $19,947 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Developed economy and technology
✅ Many tourist attractions
✅ Open and inclusive city
✅ Green and pleasant environment
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Very crowded in summer
❌ Not LGBT-friendly
❌ Limited restaurant variety
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ 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) | 9°C / 48°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 16°C / 61°F cool | 20°C / 68°F mild | 29°C / 84°F warm | 36°C / 97°F hot | 47°C / 117°F scorching | 43°C / 109°F scorching | 37°C / 99°F hot | 21°C / 70°F mild | 17°C / 63°F cool | 14°C / 57°F cool |
| Real (median) |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
17°C / 62°F
cool |
14°C / 56°F
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 60% |
damp 80% |
damp 84% |
nice 81% |
nice 85% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 85% |
nice 80% |
damp 72% |
nice 65% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 10mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 131mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 169mm |
rainy 280mm |
rainy 192mm |
rainy 154mm |
rainy 108mm |
rainy 63mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 6mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 31% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 24% |
| Air quality |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 144 US AQI |
bad 139 US AQI |
bad 136 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 82 US AQI |
okay 94 US AQI |
bad 112 US AQI |
bad 133 US AQI |
bad 155 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 280 people | 200 people | 400 people | 320 people | 320 people | 244 people | 280 people | 360 people | 300 people | 200 people | 233 people |
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