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| ⭐️ Total score | 1 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* | |
| 😄 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 |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
3 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Baotou is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ -7°C 20°F + 😊 Comfy (39%) = feels -11°C 12°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 95 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 111 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 1.37 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 137 |
| 💸 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 | 1,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 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 | $1,537 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $806 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,211 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $632 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $871 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $328 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $189 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very 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
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
12
-11° freezing |
34
1° cold |
50
10° cold |
52
11° cool |
66
19° mild |
77
25° warm |
79
26° warm |
75
24° warm |
72
22° mild |
50
10° cold |
34
1° cold |
23
-5° freezing |
| Real |
19
-7°
freezing |
37
3°
very cold |
50
10°
cold |
52
11°
cool |
66
19°
mild |
77
25°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
75
24°
warm |
72
22°
mild |
50
10°
cold |
37
3°
very cold |
27
-3°
freezing |
| Humidity |
too dry 23% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 22% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 13% |
too dry 16% |
too dry 26% |
too dry 26% |
too dry 25% |
too dry 21% |
too dry 25% |
too dry 25% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 1mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 12mm |
dry 18mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 25mm |
dry 35mm |
dry 35mm |
dry 31mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 3mm |
| Cloud |
clear 10% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 23% |
clear 7% |
clear 6% |
| Air quality |
bad 159 US AQI |
bad 149 US AQI |
bad 143 US AQI |
bad 119 US AQI |
bad 126 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 113 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 148 US AQI |
bad 165 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 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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