⭐️ Total score |
2.81/5 (Rank #133)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍2 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,501 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 5 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C89°F (feels 41°C106°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 80%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 13 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 99 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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👩 Safe for women |
Good |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ 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 |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 5k ppl/km² (1 per 14x14m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
5 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Nanjing is fast averaging 40 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~5 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 31°C 89°F + 🥵 Sweaty (80%) = feels 41°C 106°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 13 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 99 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.39 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 139 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Maan Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👎4% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,300,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 57% 👱♀️ 43% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 77% 👱♀️ 23% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | China Eastern |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
🏥 Best hospital | General Hospital of Nanjing Military Base |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,501 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $823 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,992 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $569 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $947 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $402 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $485,316 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $44 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $234 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $23,102 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ 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) | 8°C / 46°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 13°C / 55°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 25°C / 77°F warm | 37°C / 99°F hot | 42°C / 108°F scorching | 37°C / 99°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 21°C / 70°F mild | 17°C / 63°F cool | 12°C / 54°F cool |
Real (median) |
9°C / 47°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
17°C / 62°F
cool |
12°C / 53°F
cool |
Humidity |
nice 62% |
nice 70% |
damp 76% |
nice 69% |
nice 79% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 95% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 82% |
nice 76% |
nice 65% |
nice 48% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 28mm |
dry 36mm |
rainy 82mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 124mm |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 215mm |
rainy 161mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 59mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 9mm |
Cloud |
pockets 29% |
pockets 38% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 24% |
Air quality |
bad 155 US AQI |
bad 144 US AQI |
bad 139 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 145 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
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seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 233 people | 200 people | 280 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 250 people |
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