| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.43/5 (Rank #233)
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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: $1,139 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 8 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 26°C78°F (feels 27°C81°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 67%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 110 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 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* |
Poor:
$1,155 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
8 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Guilin is fast averaging 64 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~8 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 26°C 78°F + 😊 Comfy (67%) = feels 27°C 81°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 111 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 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 | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎2% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 2,531,500 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 48,516 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 980,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,862 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 97% 👱♀️ 3% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $1,139 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $595 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,295 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $370 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,113 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $940 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $225 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $134,803 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $52 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $31 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $75 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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) |
1254° cool |
1254° cool |
1661° cool |
2068° mild |
2984° warm |
3595° hot |
40104° hot |
38100° hot |
3595° hot |
2272° mild |
1763° cool |
1457° cool |
| Real (median) |
1254°
cool |
1253°
cool |
1661°
cool |
2068°
mild |
2578°
warm |
2983°
very warm |
3187°
hot |
3086°
hot |
3085°
very warm |
2271°
mild |
1763°
cool |
1457°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 67% |
damp 78% |
damp 86% |
nice 88% |
nice 90% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 79% |
nice 77% |
damp 76% |
damp 72% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 10mm |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 163mm |
rainy 208mm |
rainy 350mm |
rainy 371mm |
rainy 238mm |
rainy 152mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 93mm |
dry 6mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 89% |
overcast 91% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 61% |
| Air quality |
bad 138 US AQI |
bad 123 US AQI |
bad 107 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 73 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
bad 112 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
bad 130 US AQI |
bad 132 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 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 |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 600 people | 800 people | 900 people | 900 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 1,800 people | 800 people |
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