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| ⭐️ Total score | 17 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community 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 | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
12 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Urumqi is fast averaging 96 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~12 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌨 2°C 36°F + 💦 Damp (93%) = feels -0°C 32°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 75 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 1.40 |
| 🏧 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 | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,800,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 93% 👱♀️ 7% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $1,628 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,235 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,333 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $952 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,043 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,331 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $858 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $168,367 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $49 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $44 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $153 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $7,717 / year |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ 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 (median) | -10°C / 14°F freezing | -2°C / 28°F freezing | 1°C / 34°F cold | 15°C / 59°F cool | 23°C / 73°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 32°C / 90°F hot | 27°C / 81°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 10°C / 50°F cold | -1°C / 30°F freezing | -4°C / 25°F freezing |
| Real (median) |
-10°C / 15°F
freezing |
-2°C / 28°F
freezing |
2°C / 36°F
very cold |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
26°C / 78°F
warm |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
11°C / 51°F
cool |
1°C / 34°F
very cold |
-4°C / 25°F
freezing |
| Humidity |
damp 78% |
damp 76% |
damp 80% |
nice 49% |
nice 34% |
nice 34% |
nice 31% |
nice 35% |
nice 32% |
nice 50% |
nice 66% |
damp 79% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 9mm |
dry 14mm |
dry 31mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 50mm |
dry 25mm |
dry 27mm |
dry 21mm |
dry 22mm |
dry 33mm |
dry 26mm |
dry 9mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 32% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 29% |
| Air quality |
bad 232 US AQI |
bad 198 US AQI |
bad 154 US AQI |
okay 75 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 73 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 71 US AQI |
okay 75 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 146 US AQI |
bad 180 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 240 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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