⭐️ Total score |
2.22/5 (Rank #655)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,502 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 83Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C86°F (feels 35°C95°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 72%
|
💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 76 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 75 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Great
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 15x15m)
|
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
83 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Quanzhou is fast averaging 664 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~83 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 30°C 86°F + 🥵 Sweaty (72%) = feels 35°C 95°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 76 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 75 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.39 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 139 |
💸 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 | 8,700,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
👫 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 | $1,502 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,012 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,928 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $837 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $980 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $930 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $544 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $235,810 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $46 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $30 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $105 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $7 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ 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) | 18°C / 64°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 22°C / 72°F mild | 23°C / 73°F mild | 36°C / 97°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 43°C / 109°F scorching | 42°C / 108°F scorching | 44°C / 111°F scorching | 32°C / 90°F hot | 22°C / 72°F mild | 20°C / 68°F mild |
Real (median) |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
21°C / 69°F
mild |
22°C / 71°F
mild |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
Humidity |
nice 68% |
nice 72% |
nice 72% |
nice 70% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 76% |
nice 70% |
nice 70% |
nice 67% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 1mm |
dry 33mm |
dry 29mm |
rainy 56mm |
rainy 174mm |
rainy 134mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 272mm |
rainy 76mm |
dry 25mm |
dry 20mm |
dry 38mm |
Cloud |
pockets 21% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 62% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 34% |
Air quality |
okay 99 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 107 US AQI |
okay 82 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 71 US AQI |
okay 76 US AQI |
okay 75 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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