| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.14/5 (Rank #520)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,683 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 8 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 18°C65°F (feels 18°C64°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 92%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 27 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 96 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 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 |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 18 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
8 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Ningbo is fast averaging 64 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~8 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 18°C 65°F + 😊 Comfy (92%) = feels 18°C 64°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 27 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 96 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 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 |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,862 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $1,683 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,155 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for couple | $2,258 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,037 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $582 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,040 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,480 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $360 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $389,507 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $49 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $81 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $75 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $15,980 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great 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) |
745° cold |
1355° cool |
1355° cool |
1966° mild |
2577° warm |
2984° warm |
3595° hot |
3391° hot |
3188° hot |
2068° mild |
1559° cool |
1254° cool |
| Real (median) |
745°
cold |
1355°
cool |
1355°
cool |
1864°
cool |
2576°
warm |
2678°
warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
1966°
mild |
1559°
cool |
1253°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 72% |
damp 83% |
damp 84% |
damp 77% |
nice 82% |
nice 91% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 83% |
nice 82% |
damp 78% |
damp 74% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 10mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 136mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 199mm |
rainy 301mm |
rainy 190mm |
rainy 221mm |
rainy 185mm |
rainy 91mm |
rainy 84mm |
dry 9mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 84% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 68% |
pockets 44% |
| Air quality |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 127 US AQI |
bad 137 US AQI |
bad 125 US AQI |
bad 109 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 96 US AQI |
bad 111 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
bad 148 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 1,200 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people |
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