| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.07/5 (Rank #606)
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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: $1,218 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 6 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 25°C77°F (feels 25°C77°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 68%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 89 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 82 US AQI
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| 👌 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
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 9k ppl/km² (1 per 10x10m)
|
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
| 😄 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 |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
6 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Shenyang is fast averaging 48 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~6 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 25°C 77°F + 😊 Comfy (68%) = feels 25°C 77°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 89 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 82 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Heping District |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Shenhe District |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 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 coworking space | Regus |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 5,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 10x10m (100m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 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 | $1,218 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $654 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,540 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $440 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,112 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $864 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $272 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $178,500 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $52 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $28 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $74 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $22,808 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $5 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Feels crowded
❌ 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) |
-1210° freezing |
-228° freezing |
1050° cold |
1661° cool |
2170° mild |
2577° warm |
3595° hot |
2577° warm |
2373° mild |
1559° cool |
-130° freezing |
-523° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-916°
freezing |
133°
very cold |
1151°
cool |
1661°
cool |
2068°
mild |
2577°
warm |
3085°
very warm |
2577°
warm |
2373°
mild |
1559°
cool |
235°
very cold |
-229°
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 63% |
nice 61% |
nice 51% |
nice 42% |
nice 52% |
nice 65% |
sweaty 77% |
nice 80% |
nice 73% |
nice 63% |
damp 72% |
nice 60% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 7mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 15mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 115mm |
rainy 170mm |
rainy 169mm |
rainy 67mm |
rainy 51mm |
dry 32mm |
dry 1mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 32% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 43% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 66% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 12% |
| Air quality |
bad 136 US AQI |
bad 143 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 111 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 127 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people |
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