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| ⭐️ Total score | 7 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 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* | |
| 🚶 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 | 14 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
4 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Lanzhou is fast averaging 32 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~4 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ -2°C 28°F + 😊 Comfy (38%) = feels -4°C 25°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 92 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 1.43 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 143 |
| 💸 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 | 2,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| 👫 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 | $1,242 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,103 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,505 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $716 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $559 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $561 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $171,871 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $26 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $137 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $7,159 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ 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) | -3°C / 27°F freezing | 6°C / 43°F cold | 11°C / 52°F cool | 12°C / 54°F cool | 20°C / 68°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 21°C / 70°F mild | 9°C / 48°F cold | 4°C / 39°F cold | -1°C / 30°F freezing |
| Real (median) |
-3°C / 27°F
freezing |
6°C / 42°F
very cold |
11°C / 52°F
cool |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
20°C / 67°F
mild |
24°C / 74°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
24°C / 74°F
warm |
21°C / 69°F
mild |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
4°C / 39°F
very cold |
-1°C / 30°F
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 46% |
nice 35% |
nice 37% |
nice 59% |
nice 35% |
nice 56% |
nice 52% |
nice 49% |
nice 60% |
nice 67% |
nice 43% |
nice 45% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 3mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 15mm |
dry 26mm |
dry 28mm |
dry 39mm |
dry 45mm |
dry 14mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 1mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 39% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 24% |
| Air quality |
bad 148 US AQI |
bad 140 US AQI |
bad 126 US AQI |
bad 122 US AQI |
bad 111 US AQI |
okay 99 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
bad 136 US AQI |
bad 159 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 400 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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