⭐️ Total score |
2.22/5 (Rank #669)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,206 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 13Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 4°C39°F (feels 3°C37°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 51%
|
💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 112 US AQI
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 141 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Great
|
🤮 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 |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
13 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Shijiazhuang is fast averaging 104 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~13 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 4°C 39°F + 😊 Comfy (51%) = feels 3°C 37°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 112 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 141 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Didi |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 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 | Costa Coffee |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Baike Coffee |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Café Fine Hour Tea & Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air China |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
🏥 Best hospital | Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital China |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,206 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $625 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,438 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $411 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $743 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $984 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $182 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $35 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $32 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $174 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $9,046 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Very safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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 |
34
1° cold |
48
9° cold |
55
13° cool |
68
20° mild |
77
25° warm |
86
30° warm |
88
31° hot |
81
27° warm |
77
25° warm |
63
17° cool |
55
13° cool |
45
7° cold |
Real |
36
2°
very cold |
48
9°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
66
19°
mild |
80
27°
warm |
89
32°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
82
28°
very warm |
77
25°
warm |
63
17°
cool |
54
12°
cool |
44
7°
cold |
Humidity |
too dry 20% |
too dry 21% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 27% |
nice 38% |
nice 38% |
nice 38% |
nice 30% |
too dry 27% |
too dry 23% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 1mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 21mm |
dry 39mm |
rainy 158mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 55mm |
dry 14mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 4mm |
Cloud |
pockets 11% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 43% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 36% |
clear 9% |
pockets 13% |
Air quality |
bad 218 US AQI |
bad 176 US AQI |
bad 162 US AQI |
bad 153 US AQI |
bad 147 US AQI |
bad 141 US AQI |
bad 141 US AQI |
bad 125 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
bad 148 US AQI |
bad 162 US AQI |
bad 171 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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