| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.97/5 (Rank #963)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,579 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 8 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 18°C64°F (feels 17°C63°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 25%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 126 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 106 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* |
Poor:
$1,155 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
| 😄 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 |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
8 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Qinhuangdao is fast averaging 64 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~8 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 18°C 64°F + 🌵 Too dry (25%) = feels 17°C 63°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 126 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 106 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 coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 790,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,862 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 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 | $1,579 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,122 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,932 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $552 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,203 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,328 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $481 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $180,145 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $56 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $76 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $75 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $25,210 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air 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) |
-425° freezing |
0° freezing |
745° cold |
1152° cool |
2068° mild |
2373° mild |
2984° warm |
2882° warm |
2272° mild |
1559° cool |
337° cold |
-032° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-425°
freezing |
032°
freezing |
745°
cold |
1151°
cool |
1966°
mild |
2373°
warm |
2679°
warm |
2678°
warm |
2271°
mild |
1558°
cool |
338°
very cold |
-031°
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 50% |
nice 54% |
nice 54% |
nice 49% |
nice 53% |
nice 70% |
nice 81% |
nice 80% |
nice 76% |
nice 63% |
nice 64% |
nice 48% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 2mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 32mm |
dry 15mm |
rainy 98mm |
rainy 188mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 0mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 23% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 32% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 21% |
clear 3% |
| Air quality |
bad 125 US AQI |
bad 131 US AQI |
bad 123 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 113 US AQI |
bad 111 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
okay 73 US AQI |
okay 97 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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