| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.98/5 (Rank #845)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,212 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 8 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 38°C100°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 95%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 63 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 76 US AQI
|
| 👌 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
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$677 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
8 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Putian is fast averaging 64 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~8 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (95%) = feels 38°C 100°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 63 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 77 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 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 |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,900,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 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 | $1,212 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $788 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,283 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $652 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,111 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $750 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $531 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $178,359 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $52 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $25 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $74 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $24,264 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ 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) |
1457° cool |
1254° cool |
1864° cool |
2170° mild |
2882° warm |
3290° hot |
3799° hot |
3697° hot |
3391° hot |
2577° warm |
2068° mild |
1661° cool |
| Real (median) |
1457°
cool |
1254°
cool |
1864°
cool |
2170°
mild |
2678°
warm |
2781°
very warm |
3086°
hot |
2984°
very warm |
2983°
very warm |
2576°
warm |
2067°
mild |
1660°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 74% |
damp 77% |
damp 77% |
nice 76% |
nice 84% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 80% |
nice 78% |
nice 77% |
damp 74% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 2mm |
rainy 57mm |
dry 46mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 196mm |
rainy 244mm |
rainy 102mm |
rainy 272mm |
rainy 94mm |
dry 35mm |
dry 42mm |
dry 43mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 33% |
pockets 40% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 64% |
| Air quality |
okay 98 US AQI |
okay 99 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
okay 90 US AQI |
okay 76 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 76 US AQI |
okay 76 US AQI |
okay 82 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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