| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.64/5 (Rank #119)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,349 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 12 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Great |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 35°C95°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 81%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 44 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 60 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Great
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Good |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Poor:
$1,155 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
12 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Haikou is fast averaging 96 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~12 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (81%) = feels 35°C 95°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 44 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 61 US AQI |
| 🔌 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) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,900,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,862 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| 👫 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 | $1,349 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $839 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,982 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $566 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $878 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $929 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $374 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $298,905 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $30 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $75 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $19,429 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1966° mild |
2170° mild |
2475° warm |
3188° hot |
40104° hot |
43109° scorching |
41106° scorching |
42108° scorching |
3595° hot |
3290° hot |
2475° warm |
2170° mild |
| Real (median) |
1966°
mild |
2170°
mild |
2475°
warm |
2781°
warm |
3188°
hot |
3289°
hot |
3188°
hot |
3188°
hot |
2984°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2475°
warm |
2170°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 80% |
nice 81% |
nice 80% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 86% |
nice 80% |
nice 81% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 13mm |
dry 47mm |
dry 25mm |
rainy 81mm |
dry 39mm |
rainy 146mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 213mm |
rainy 130mm |
rainy 168mm |
dry 45mm |
dry 42mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 46% |
pockets 32% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 73% |
| Air quality |
okay 79 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 70 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 54 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 1,200 people |
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