| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.22/5 (Rank #396)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,152 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 8 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 11°C52°F (feels 9°C48°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 61%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 39 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 75 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Poor:
$1,155 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
8 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Changchun is fast averaging 64 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~8 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 11°C 52°F + 😊 Comfy (61%) = feels 9°C 48°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 39 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 76 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.49 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 149 |
| 💸 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 |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,400,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,862 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 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 | $1,152 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $569 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,407 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $402 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $712 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $217 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $119,567 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $33 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $75 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $21,672 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ 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) |
-20-4° freezing |
-1014° freezing |
541° cold |
1355° cool |
2170° mild |
2475° warm |
3391° hot |
2373° mild |
2170° mild |
1254° cool |
-621° freezing |
-1112° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-155°
freezing |
-622°
freezing |
745°
cold |
1457°
cool |
2169°
mild |
2475°
warm |
2983°
very warm |
2373°
mild |
2169°
mild |
1355°
cool |
-228°
freezing |
-719°
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 69% |
damp 70% |
nice 57% |
nice 40% |
nice 49% |
nice 67% |
sweaty 78% |
nice 80% |
nice 73% |
nice 61% |
damp 77% |
damp 72% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 5mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 21mm |
rainy 95mm |
rainy 147mm |
rainy 147mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 3mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 30% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 42% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 25% |
| Air quality |
bad 149 US AQI |
bad 139 US AQI |
bad 135 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
okay 55 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 122 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people |
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