| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.42/5 (Rank #191)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,674 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 10 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 27°C80°F (feels 28°C82°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 66%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 72 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 83 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$677 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 7k ppl/km² (1 per 12x12m)
|
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
10 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Dalian is fast averaging 80 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~10 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 27°C 80°F + 😊 Comfy (66%) = feels 28°C 82°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 72 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 83 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) |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 940,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 18,015 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,800,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 12x12m (144m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 91% 👱♀️ 9% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | China Southern |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,674 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,115 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,143 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $612 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $708 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,111 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $404 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $238,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $33 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $69 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $218 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $18,073 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $4 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ 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
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
0° freezing |
-032° freezing |
337° cold |
846° cold |
1661° cool |
2068° mild |
2577° warm |
2984° warm |
2373° mild |
1661° cool |
846° cold |
337° cold |
| Real (median) |
-032°
freezing |
337°
very cold |
541°
very cold |
1050°
cold |
1661°
cool |
2067°
mild |
2577°
warm |
2679°
warm |
2373°
mild |
1661°
cool |
1050°
cold |
643°
very cold |
| Humidity |
nice 63% |
nice 64% |
nice 69% |
nice 64% |
damp 72% |
nice 83% |
nice 87% |
nice 80% |
nice 75% |
nice 66% |
nice 62% |
nice 61% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 9mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 32mm |
rainy 88mm |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 35mm |
dry 30mm |
dry 2mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 49% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 32% |
| Air quality |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
okay 79 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 900 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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