| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.26/5 (Rank #341)
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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: $1,763 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 6 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 23°C73°F (feels 23°C73°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 66%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 71 US AQI
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| 👌 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
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| 💰 Income level* |
Poor:
$1,155 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Okay |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
6 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Kunming is fast averaging 48 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~6 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 23°C 73°F + 😊 Comfy (66%) = feels 23°C 73°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 71 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Xishan District |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 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 | Regus |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,200,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,862 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 92% 👱♀️ 8% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $1,763 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $789 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,588 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $454 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,261 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,480 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $240 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $240,334 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $106 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $49 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $75 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $14,019 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ 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
❌ 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 |
1763° cool |
2170° mild |
2373° mild |
2577° warm |
2373° mild |
2272° mild |
2170° mild |
2170° mild |
1763° cool |
1457° cool |
1254° cool |
| Real (median) |
1254°
cool |
1762°
cool |
2170°
mild |
2373°
mild |
2576°
warm |
2373°
mild |
2272°
mild |
2170°
mild |
2170°
mild |
1762°
cool |
1457°
cool |
1254°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 72% |
nice 62% |
nice 48% |
nice 52% |
nice 60% |
nice 78% |
nice 82% |
nice 84% |
nice 80% |
damp 82% |
damp 77% |
damp 75% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 11mm |
dry 21mm |
dry 1mm |
rainy 50mm |
rainy 51mm |
rainy 167mm |
rainy 262mm |
rainy 221mm |
rainy 92mm |
rainy 93mm |
dry 32mm |
dry 19mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 36% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 40% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 88% |
overcast 90% |
overcast 90% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 72% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 43% |
| Air quality |
okay 77 US AQI |
bad 100 US AQI |
bad 117 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 62 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 75 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 750 people | 900 people | 771 people | 720 people | 800 people | 771 people | 1,029 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 675 people |
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