| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.18/5 (Rank #425)
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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: $1,725 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 9 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 16°C60°F (feels 14°C57°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 80%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 28 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: 5k ppl/km² (1 per 14x14m)
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| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Okay |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
9 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Nanjing is fast averaging 72 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~9 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 16°C 60°F + 💦 Damp (80%) = feels 14°C 57°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 28 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 99 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 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 coffee place | Maan Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 6,800,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,862 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 57% 👱♀️ 43% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 81% 👱♀️ 19% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | China Eastern |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
| 🏥 Best hospital | General Hospital of Nanjing Military Base |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,725 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,090 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for couple | $2,548 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,518 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $719 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,025 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $526 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $524,337 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $48 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $204 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $22,472 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ 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) |
745° cold |
1254° cool |
1355° cool |
1864° cool |
2577° warm |
3799° hot |
40104° hot |
3697° hot |
3391° hot |
2170° mild |
1763° cool |
1254° cool |
| Real (median) |
947°
cold |
1355°
cool |
1355°
cool |
1864°
cool |
2577°
warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2983°
very warm |
2170°
mild |
1762°
cool |
1253°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 69% |
damp 74% |
damp 76% |
nice 71% |
nice 75% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 80% |
nice 75% |
nice 70% |
nice 61% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 29mm |
dry 36mm |
rainy 82mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 125mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 216mm |
rainy 161mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 59mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 10mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 64% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 39% |
| Air quality |
bad 155 US AQI |
bad 144 US AQI |
bad 139 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 145 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
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safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 600 people | 750 people | 700 people | 600 people | 900 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 700 people |
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