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Chongqing

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I lived in Chongqing for about 5 years. I mostly love this place but it's not easy for Westerners unless you can speak some Chinese. But with a smartphone you can translate anything you need to say. Chongqing is beautiful, gritty and romantic. Extremely inexpensive and lots of things to do. Beautiful women. Maybe the most unique city in China. Weather terrible in winter and summer. Winter is foggy, rainy and low light while summers are uncomfortably hot and humid. They don't speak standard Mandarin here so even Chinese from Beijing can't talk to the locals. I had the time of my life here but it's too strange and foreign for many. Not like going to Thailand or the Philippines. It took a while to grow on me.

5 years ago

✅ Affordable to live

✅ Very safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm in the spring

✅ Perfect humidity now

✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot

✅ Easy to do business

✅ Great hospitals

✅ Very safe for women

✅ LGBTQ+ friendly

❌ No freedom of speech

❌ No democracy

❌ Not much to do

❌ Gets cold in the winter

❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here

❌ Feels crowded

❌ 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)

9°C / 48°F cold

17°C / 63°F cool

18°C / 64°F cool

19°C / 66°F mild

25°C / 77°F warm

32°C / 90°F hot

42°C / 108°F scorching

38°C / 100°F hot

35°C / 95°F hot

19°C / 66°F mild

14°C / 57°F cool

12°C / 54°F cool

Real (median)

9°C / 48°F
cold

17°C / 62°F
cool

18°C / 64°F
cool

19°C / 66°F
mild

25°C / 77°F
warm

28°C / 82°F
very warm

31°C / 88°F
hot

30°C / 86°F
very warm

30°C / 85°F
very warm

19°C / 66°F
mild

14°C / 57°F
cool

12°C / 54°F
cool

Humidity

damp
78%

damp
73%

nice
74%

nice
84%

sweaty
81%

sweaty
84%

sweaty
77%

nice
86%

damp
77%

damp
75%

Most common

☀️ Clear

☔️ Rain

☀️ Clear

Rain

dry
35mm

dry
24mm

rainy
86mm

rainy
87mm

rainy
170mm

rainy
113mm

rainy
197mm

rainy
152mm

rainy
122mm

rainy
105mm

rainy
68mm

dry
43mm

Cloud

cloudy
59%

pockets
48%

cloudy
51%

cloudy
69%

cloudy
63%

cloudy
58%

cloudy
51%

cloudy
60%

pockets
49%

cloudy
67%

cloudy
61%

cloudy
62%

Air quality

bad
158 US AQI

bad
147 US AQI

bad
130 US AQI

bad
103 US AQI

bad
100 US AQI

okay
80 US AQI

okay
89 US AQI

okay
92 US AQI

bad
134 US AQI

bad
154 US AQI

Sun

seek shade
4 UVI

seek shade
5 UVI

seek shade
6 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

seek shade
5 UVI

seek shade
4 UVI

seek shade
3 UVI

Remote workers

200 people

250 people

350 people

250 people

400 people

200 people

467 people

250 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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Zunyi

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76° AQI 70 😷

✈️17min

$1,433 / mo

87 Mbps

Chengdu

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌤 Feels 30° 86° 29° 85° AQI 65 😷

✈️22min

$1,256 / mo

86 Mbps

Guiyang

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌤 Feels 24° 75° 24° 74° AQI 38

✈️26min

$1,798 / mo

87 Mbps

Yichang

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 33° 91° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 30

✈️38min

$1,383 / mo

87 Mbps

Xi An

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 31° 88° 32° 90° 🥵

✈️46min

$1,482 / mo

87 Mbps

Guilin

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌤 Feels 31° 88° 28° 83° AQI 129 😷

✈️47min

$1,244 / mo

87 Mbps

Xiangyang

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 31° 88° 32° 89° 🥵 AQI 117 😷

✈️48min

$2,998 / mo

87 Mbps

Changsha

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 30° 86° 28° 82° AQI 142 😷

✈️50min

$3,010 / mo

86 Mbps

Yangshuo

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety great

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🌦 Feels 28° 82° 26° 79°

✈️51min

$1,753 / mo

87 Mbps

Kunming

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌦 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71° AQI 151 😷

✈️51min

$1,489 / mo

86 Mbps

Liuzhou

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌦 Feels 32° 90° 29° 84° AQI 85 😷

✈️51min

$1,409 / mo

87 Mbps

Xiangtan

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 32° 90° 29° 83° AQI 157 😷

✈️52min

$1,252 / mo

87 Mbps

Chengdu

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌤 Feels 30° 86° 29° 85° AQI 65 😷

✈️22min

$1,256 / mo

🌇 Also went here20 people

Hong Kong

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌦 Feels 29° 84° 26° 78° 🥵

✈️1h

$2,811 / mo

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Chiang Mai

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌦 Feels 37° 99° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 29

✈️2h

$1,057 / mo

🌇 Also went here19 people

Shanghai

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

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🌦 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76° AQI 97 😷

✈️2h

$1,848 / mo

🌇 Also went here23 people

Beijing

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 30

✈️2h

$2,396 / mo

🌇 Also went here22 people

Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌦 Feels 45° 113° 36° 96° 🥵 AQI 66 😷

✈️2h

$1,512 / mo

🌇 Also went here26 people

Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌦 Feels 46° 115° 36° 97° 🥵 AQI 9

✈️3h

$1,031 / mo

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Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 33° 91° 28° 82° 🥵 AQI 66 😷

✈️4h

$1,418 / mo

🌇 Also went here18 people

Singapore

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety great

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🌧 Feels 33° 91° 29° 83°

✈️4h

$4,243 / mo

🌇 Also went here21 people

Tokyo

Japan

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety great

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 50

✈️4h

$3,381 / mo

🌇 Also went here26 people

Amsterdam

Netherlands

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 30

✈️11h

$6,272 / mo

🌇 Also went here17 people

Paris

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76° AQI 84 😷

✈️11h

$5,347 / mo

🌇 Also went here17 people

London

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

🌦 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 91 😷

✈️11h

$5,964 / mo

🌇 Also went here17 people

Los Angeles, CA

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 67° AQI 59 😷

✈️15h

$5,264 / mo

🌇 Also went here16 people

New York City, NY

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°

✈️16h

$7,708 / mo

🌇 Also went here18 people

400 remote workers in Chongqing now, of which 1+ members checked in (some members are set to private)

Members who have been here

Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

⭐️ Total score	2.96/5 (Rank #45) 42 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Good
👶 Family score	Okay
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $1,362 / mo
📡 Internet	🚀 Super fast: 87Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 30°C86°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 53%
💨 Air quality (now)	😐 Moderate: 93 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	😐 Moderate: 94 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
😤 People density	🧘‍♀️ Low density: 8k ppl/km² (1 per 11x11m)
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Bad
✈️ Airline scores*	Good
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Great
😄 Happiness*	Okay
🍸 Nightlife	Okay
📶 Free WiFi in city	Good
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Good
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Okay
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Bad
👩 Female friendly	Good
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly	Okay
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Asia
🚩 Country	China
🗓️ Average trip length	6 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	87 Mbps ⚠️ Internet in Chongqing is fast averaging 696 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~87 Mbps.
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌥 29°C 84°F + 😊 Comfy (53%) = feels 30°C 86°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👎😷 93 US AQI = 🚬 / day
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👎😷 95 US AQI = 🚬 / day
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Didi
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 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	Café 90+
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place	Lavazza Coffee
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	6% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	30,000,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$8,126 / year
😤 Population density	🤨 busy: 11x11m (121m²) per person
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 53% 👱‍♀️ 47%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 56% 👱‍♀️ 44%
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
🏠 Apartment listings	Somerset
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	EVA Air
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Air China
🏥 Best hospital	Huaxi Hospital

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$1,362 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$756 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$1,626 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$464 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$805 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$1,349 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$233 / month
🏠 Median home price	$219,328
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$38 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$44 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$191 / month
🍛 Dinner	$3
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$0
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$1
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$4
👩‍🏫 International school	$20,562 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$2 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$1 / trip