| ⭐️ Total score |
2.52/5 (Rank #772)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,207 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 6 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Freezing
: -12°C11°F (feels -18°C-0°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 44%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 97 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 75 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Great
|
| 👩 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
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 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 |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
6 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Changchun is fast averaging 48 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~6 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ -12°C 11°F + 😊 Comfy (44%) = feels -18°C -0°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 97 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 76 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.42 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 142 |
| 💸 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 | 3,200,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / 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 | $1,207 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $742 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,926 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $550 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $673 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $306 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $113,605 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $32 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $101 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $14,904 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ 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°C / -4°F freezing | -9°C / 16°F freezing | 5°C / 41°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 34°C / 93°F hot | 23°C / 73°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild | 12°C / 54°F cool | -5°C / 23°F freezing | -11°C / 12°F freezing |
| Real (median) |
-15°C / 5°F
freezing |
-6°C / 22°F
freezing |
7°C / 45°F
cold |
14°C / 56°F
cool |
21°C / 69°F
mild |
24°C / 74°F
warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
21°C / 69°F
mild |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
-2°C / 28°F
freezing |
-7°C / 19°F
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 54% |
nice 66% |
nice 52% |
too dry 28% |
nice 43% |
nice 72% |
sweaty 84% |
nice 87% |
nice 80% |
nice 56% |
damp 83% |
nice 63% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 5mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 20mm |
rainy 94mm |
rainy 147mm |
rainy 146mm |
rainy 55mm |
dry 12mm |
dry 18mm |
dry 2mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 20% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 18% |
| 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 |
seek shade 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 |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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