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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 16 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
5 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Changsha is fast averaging 40 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~5 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (68%) = feels 23°C 73°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 89 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 103 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 1.49 |
| 🏧 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 coworking space | Regus |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,862 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $3,017 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,392 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,765 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $504 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,186 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $7,674 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,193 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $178,976 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $56 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $252 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $75 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $16,785 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ 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
❌ Very expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets 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) |
846° cold |
948° cold |
1457° cool |
1763° cool |
2373° mild |
3290° hot |
39102° hot |
40104° hot |
3290° hot |
1966° mild |
1559° cool |
1152° cool |
| Real (median) |
846°
cold |
947°
cold |
1457°
cool |
1763°
cool |
2374°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
3187°
hot |
3087°
hot |
2883°
very warm |
1967°
mild |
1560°
cool |
1151°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 72% |
damp 85% |
damp 86% |
damp 87% |
nice 86% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 75% |
nice 76% |
damp 71% |
nice 69% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 27mm |
rainy 107mm |
rainy 163mm |
rainy 209mm |
rainy 279mm |
rainy 153mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 156mm |
dry 38mm |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 71mm |
dry 30mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 77% |
pockets 39% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 65% |
| Air quality |
bad 164 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 138 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
bad 109 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 161 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 600 people | 1,800 people | 600 people | 600 people | 1,200 people | 900 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people |
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