| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.53/5 (Rank #174)
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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: $1,860 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 9 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 21°C71°F (feels 21°C70°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 88%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 46 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 99 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: 6k ppl/km² (1 per 13x13m)
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| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
9 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Hangzhou is fast averaging 72 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~9 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 21°C 71°F + 😊 Comfy (88%) = feels 21°C 70°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 46 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 100 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 coworking space | Allface |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 900,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 17,248 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,400,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,862 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 13x13m (169m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 84% 👱♀️ 16% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | China Eastern |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
| 🏥 Best hospital | North American International Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,860 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,170 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,856 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $816 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $743 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,576 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $623 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $509,256 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $35 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $52 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $416 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $36,165 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Developed economy and technology
✅ Many tourist attractions
✅ Open and inclusive city
✅ Green and pleasant environment
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Very crowded in summer
❌ Not LGBT-friendly
❌ Limited restaurant variety
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ 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 |
1355° cool |
1661° cool |
2170° mild |
2984° warm |
3493° hot |
46115° scorching |
42108° scorching |
38100° hot |
2170° mild |
1763° cool |
1457° cool |
| Real (median) |
948°
cold |
1355°
cool |
1559°
cool |
1967°
mild |
2679°
warm |
2983°
very warm |
3290°
hot |
3188°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
2170°
mild |
1762°
cool |
1456°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 70% |
damp 80% |
damp 81% |
nice 79% |
nice 80% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 82% |
nice 78% |
damp 75% |
damp 71% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 10mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 131mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 169mm |
rainy 281mm |
rainy 193mm |
rainy 154mm |
rainy 109mm |
rainy 64mm |
dry 47mm |
dry 6mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 62% |
pockets 36% |
| Air quality |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 144 US AQI |
bad 139 US AQI |
bad 136 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 82 US AQI |
okay 94 US AQI |
bad 112 US AQI |
bad 133 US AQI |
bad 155 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 |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 700 people | 1,000 people | 1,000 people | 1,200 people | 900 people | 1,080 people | 709 people | 1,000 people | 1,100 people | 1,114 people | 667 people | 686 people |
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