⭐️ Total score |
2.2/5 (Rank #678)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,141 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 4 Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 21°C70°F (feels 21°C70°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 61%
|
❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 82 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 82 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Great
|
👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
🌈 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 |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 9k ppl/km² (1 per 10x10m)
|
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
4 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Shenyang is fast averaging 32 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~4 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 21°C 70°F + 😊 Comfy (61%) = feels 21°C 70°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 82 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 82 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 1.41 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 141 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 8,300,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 10x10m (100m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 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 | $1,141 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $681 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,765 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $504 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $741 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $816 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $290 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $168,644 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $35 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $27 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $106 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $19,675 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $4 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Feels crowded
❌ 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) | -12°C / 10°F freezing | -2°C / 28°F freezing | 10°C / 50°F cold | 16°C / 61°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 36°C / 97°F hot | 25°C / 77°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 15°C / 59°F cool | -1°C / 30°F freezing | -5°C / 23°F freezing |
Real (median) |
-9°C / 16°F
freezing |
1°C / 33°F
very cold |
11°C / 51°F
cool |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
1°C / 34°F
very cold |
-2°C / 29°F
freezing |
Humidity |
nice 52% |
nice 57% |
nice 45% |
nice 31% |
nice 49% |
nice 66% |
sweaty 82% |
nice 86% |
nice 80% |
nice 61% |
damp 77% |
nice 49% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 7mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 14mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 114mm |
rainy 170mm |
rainy 169mm |
rainy 66mm |
dry 50mm |
dry 31mm |
dry 1mm |
Cloud |
pockets 20% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 12% |
Air quality |
bad 136 US AQI |
bad 143 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 111 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 127 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
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seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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