⭐️ Total score |
2.18/5 (Rank #761)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,300 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 14 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C83°F (feels 32°C90°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 84%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 25 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 76 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Great
|
👩 Safe for women |
Good |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
14 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Shantou is fast averaging 112 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~14 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (84%) = feels 32°C 90°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 25 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 77 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 1.40 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 140 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Jinguan Hotel |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Regency Grand Hotel |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | GreenTree Alliance Hotel |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,300 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $879 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,262 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $646 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $667 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,266 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $371 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $168,150 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $31 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $41 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $123 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $7 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Very safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid 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 (median) | 16°C / 61°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 19°C / 66°F mild | 22°C / 72°F mild | 32°C / 90°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 22°C / 72°F mild | 19°C / 66°F mild |
Real (median) |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
Humidity |
damp 74% |
nice 79% |
nice 79% |
nice 80% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 77% |
nice 72% |
nice 75% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 2mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 11mm |
rainy 94mm |
rainy 230mm |
rainy 110mm |
rainy 221mm |
rainy 51mm |
rainy 58mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 34mm |
Cloud |
pockets 17% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 45% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 45% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 34% |
Air quality |
okay 93 US AQI |
okay 96 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 59 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 96 US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
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