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| ⭐️ Total score | 6 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 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* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 13 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
3 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Lanzhou is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 -10°C 14°F + 💦 Damp (85%) = feels -14°C 7°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 134 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 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 1.38 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 138 |
| 💸 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 | $1,164 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,060 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,407 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $688 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $496 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $539 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $23 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $131 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $6,878 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ 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
❌ Very damp now
❌ 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 |
27
-3° freezing |
43
6° cold |
52
11° cool |
54
12° cool |
68
20° mild |
75
24° warm |
79
26° warm |
75
24° warm |
70
21° mild |
48
9° cold |
39
4° cold |
30
-1° freezing |
| Real |
27
-3°
freezing |
42
6°
very cold |
52
11°
cool |
54
12°
cool |
67
20°
mild |
74
24°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
74
24°
warm |
69
21°
mild |
48
9°
cold |
39
4°
very cold |
30
-1°
freezing |
| Humidity |
too dry 23% |
too dry 17% |
too dry 19% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 28% |
too dry 26% |
too dry 25% |
too dry 30% |
nice 34% |
too dry 21% |
too dry 23% |
| 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 | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 400 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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