| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.23/5 (Rank #377)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,394 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 12 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 19°C67°F (feels 20°C68°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 93%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 68 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 94 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Good
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 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
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 8k ppl/km² (1 per 11x11m)
|
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
12 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Chongqing is fast averaging 96 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~12 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 19°C 67°F + 😊 Comfy (93%) = feels 20°C 68°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 68 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 95 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Nan'an District |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Dadukou District |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.50 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 150 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Café 90+ |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Lavazza Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,862 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 11x11m (121m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 92% 👱♀️ 8% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Somerset |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | EVA Air |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Huaxi Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,394 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $905 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,923 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $549 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $973 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,478 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $422 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $240,334 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $46 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $48 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $135 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $25,535 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets 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
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
948° cold |
1763° cool |
1864° cool |
1966° mild |
2577° warm |
3290° hot |
41106° scorching |
3799° hot |
3799° hot |
1966° mild |
1457° cool |
1254° cool |
| Real (median) |
948°
cold |
1762°
cool |
1864°
cool |
1967°
mild |
2577°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
3188°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
1966°
mild |
1458°
cool |
1254°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 78% |
damp 75% |
nice 74% |
nice 79% |
nice 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 77% |
nice 83% |
damp 78% |
damp 77% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 35mm |
dry 24mm |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 171mm |
rainy 114mm |
rainy 197mm |
rainy 152mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 105mm |
rainy 68mm |
dry 43mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 77% |
overcast 91% |
cloudy 88% |
overcast 91% |
| Air quality |
bad 158 US AQI |
bad 147 US AQI |
bad 130 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 100 US AQI |
bad 100 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
bad 134 US AQI |
bad 154 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,000 people | 600 people | 750 people | 1,800 people | 1,500 people | 1,200 people | 600 people | 1,050 people | 1,300 people | 1,080 people | 2,280 people | 1,100 people |
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