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Chengdu

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Chengdu is described as a vibrant and culturally rich city with unique regional influences compared to other parts of China, particularly the east coast. People mention that it never feels boring, with plenty of things to do and a generally lively atmosphere. The locals are noted to be very hospitable and friendly, especially toward foreigners who make efforts to speak Mandarin. For Westerners, the cost of living is low and offers great value compared to home countries, while still providing big-city amenities and comforts.

On the downside, pollution is repeatedly mentioned as a significant issue that affects quality of life. Additionally, entering or moving to Chengdu can be challenging due to visa or residency barriers, making it less accessible. Despite this, those who manage to live there for work or travel tend to have a positive experience overall, particularly if they integrate with local life and culture. Chengdu stands out as a major city that still maintains a distinct identity and lifestyle that appeals to those wanting something different in China.

AI-generated summary of reviews

My favourite city in the world, obviously difficult to get in, and pollution is a huge issue, but I love the culture of Chengdu and it's an extremely vibrant city, I am never bored in Chengdu.

1 year ago

I lived and worked (at a law firm) in Chengdu for about 3 months. I absolutely loved the city! It's so different from east coast China, especially given the Tibetan influences in many areas. I had a company arrange my apartment and registrations, but was a seamless process. I am a white, American male who speaks a decent bit of Mandarin, and I found the locals to be incredibly hospitable. China is general is extremely affordable for a Westerner, and Chengdu offers the luxuries of any large, Western city/metro area.

6 years ago

✅ Very affordable

✅ Friendly people

✅ Lots to do

✅ Affordable to live

✅ Very safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm in the spring

✅ Perfect humidity now

✅ Easy to do business

✅ Good hospitals

✅ Very safe for women

✅ LGBTQ+ friendly

❌ Pollution

❌ Hard to get in

❌ No freedom of speech

❌ No democracy

❌ Not much to do

❌ Gets cold in the winter

❌ Bad air quality today

❌ 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

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Feels

48 9°
cold

46 8°
cold

66 19°
mild

75 24°
warm

90 32°
hot

100 38°
hot

93 34°
hot

86 30°
warm

64 18°
cool

54 12°
cool

46 8°
cold

Real

48 9°
cold

46 8°
cold

65 19°
mild

75 24°
warm

82 28°
very warm

84 29°
very warm

82 28°
very warm

80 27°
warm

64 18°
cool

54 12°
cool

46 8°
cold

Humidity

nice
68%

nice
66%

nice
70%

nice
77%

nice
73%

sweaty
80%

sweaty
94%

sweaty
92%

sweaty
85%

nice
84%

damp
72%

nice
68%

Most common

☀️ Clear

☔️ Rain

☀️ Clear

☔️ Rain

☀️ Clear

Rain

dry
7mm

dry
11mm

dry
22mm

rainy
53mm

dry
50mm

rainy
62mm

rainy
297mm

rainy
198mm

rainy
138mm

dry
45mm

dry
19mm

dry
7mm

Cloud

cloudy
51%

pockets
44%

cloudy
55%

cloudy
60%

cloudy
57%

pockets
45%

cloudy
61%

cloudy
54%

cloudy
67%

cloudy
59%

cloudy
54%

Air quality

bad
167 US AQI

bad
158 US AQI

bad
145 US AQI

bad
130 US AQI

bad
121 US AQI

bad
101 US AQI

okay
90 US AQI

bad
101 US AQI

okay
89 US AQI

bad
106 US AQI

bad
142 US AQI

bad
160 US AQI

Sun

seek shade
4 UVI

seek shade
5 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

seek shade
5 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

seek shade
5 UVI

seek shade
4 UVI

seek shade
3 UVI

Remote workers

250 people

300 people

267 people

200 people

320 people

257 people

400 people

257 people

244 people

333 people

440 people

257 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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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety good

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🌦 Feels 37° 99° 33° 91° 🥵 AQI 102 😷

✈️22min

$1,329 / mo

87 Mbps

Zunyi

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌧 Feels 29° 84° 26° 78° AQI 91 😷

✈️34min

$1,433 / mo

87 Mbps

Guiyang

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌧 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78° AQI 122 😷

✈️41min

$1,792 / mo

87 Mbps

Lanzhou

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 58° AQI 384 😷

✈️48min

$1,159 / mo

86 Mbps

Xi An

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 27° 81° 28° 83°

✈️49min

$1,482 / mo

87 Mbps

Kunming

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74° AQI 74 😷

✈️51min

$1,489 / mo

86 Mbps

Yichang

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌧 Feels 35° 95° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 114 😷

✈️55min

$1,383 / mo

87 Mbps

Xining

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°

✈️56min

$1,335 / mo

87 Mbps

Xiangyang

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌧 Feels 34° 93° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 134 😷

✈️1h

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87 Mbps

Nanyang

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌧 Feels 30° 86° 28° 83° AQI 122 😷

✈️1h

$1,068 / mo

97 Mbps

Guilin

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌧 Feels 30° 86° 27° 80° AQI 153 😷

✈️1h

$1,244 / mo

87 Mbps

Liuzhou

China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85° AQI 153 😷

✈️1h

$1,408 / mo

87 Mbps

Hong Kong

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌤 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°

✈️2h

$2,808 / mo

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌦 Feels 38° 100° 33° 92° 🥵 AQI 25

✈️2h

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌧 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63° AQI 35

✈️2h

$2,396 / mo

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China

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 30° 86° 28° 82° AQI 127 😷

✈️2h

$1,848 / mo

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌦 Feels 32° 90° 29° 84° AQI 99 😷

✈️2h

$2,156 / mo

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Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌦 Feels 43° 109° 34° 94° 🥵 AQI 70 😷

✈️3h

$1,518 / mo

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌦 Feels 46° 115° 35° 96° 🥵 AQI 12

✈️3h

$1,036 / mo

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South Korea

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 95 😷

✈️3h

$2,514 / mo

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 55 😷

✈️4h

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Singapore

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety great

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🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84° 🥵

✈️4h

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Tokyo

Japan

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety great

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🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° AQI 61 😷

✈️4h

$3,450 / mo

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Amsterdam

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⭐️ OverallAll

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 53° AQI 25

✈️11h

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France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61° AQI 55 😷

✈️11h

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌦 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58° AQI 42

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New York City, NY

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 14° 57° 14° 56°

✈️16h

$7,700 / mo

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⭐️ Total score	2.61/5 (Rank #319) 85 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍3 liked it 👎1 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Okay
👶 Family score	Bad
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $1,256 / mo
📡 Internet	🚀 Super fast: 86Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Too hot: 30°C86°F (feels 31°C88°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 49%
💨 Air quality (now)	😷 Unhealthy : 157 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	😷 Unhealthy for some: 101 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: 6k ppl/km² (1 per 13x13m)
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Bad
✈️ Airline scores*	Good
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Okay
😄 Happiness*	Okay
🍸 Nightlife	Okay
📶 Free WiFi in city	Okay
🖥 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)	86 Mbps ⚠️ Internet in Chengdu is fast averaging 688 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~86 Mbps.
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌧 30°C 86°F + 😊 Comfy (49%) = feels 31°C 88°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👎☠️ 157 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👎☠️ 101 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	Nu Cafe
☕️ Best alt. coffee place	Dou Dou Cafe
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place	Aoting Garden Hotel
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	9% of visitors return
📸 Visitors per year	1,740,000 visitors
📸 Tourists now	33,347 tourists
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	16,000,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$8,126 / year
😤 Population density	🤨 busy: 13x13m (169m²) per person
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 54% 👱‍♀️ 46%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 56% 👱‍♀️ 44%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 83% 👱‍♀️ 17%
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
🏠 Apartment listings	Wimdu
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	Hainan
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Air China
🏥 Best hospital	ParkwayHealth China

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$1,256 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$844 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$2,185 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$624 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$442 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$1,172 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$416 / month
🏠 Median home price	$233,011
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$21 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$38 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$217 / month
🍛 Dinner	$2
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$0
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$1
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$4
👩‍🏫 International school	$18,161 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$2 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$1 / trip