| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.15/5 (Rank #506)
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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: $1,837 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 12 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 22°C71°F (feels 22°C72°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 78%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 82 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 80 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Good
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 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
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 15x15m)
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| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
12 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Suzhou is fast averaging 96 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~12 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 22°C 71°F + 😊 Comfy (78%) = feels 22°C 72°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 82 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 81 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 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 | Kalerm Company |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Dio Coffee |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Pingjiangfu Suzhou |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍15% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,862 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | FullHome |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Singhealth Medical Clinic |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,837 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,152 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,474 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $707 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $470 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,813 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $454 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $374,361 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $22 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $59 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $416 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $21,732 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ 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) |
643° cold |
1254° cool |
1254° cool |
1864° cool |
2475° warm |
3391° hot |
3799° hot |
38100° hot |
3290° hot |
2170° mild |
1661° cool |
1152° cool |
| Real (median) |
745°
cold |
1254°
cool |
1355°
cool |
1864°
cool |
2475°
warm |
2983°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2068°
mild |
1661°
cool |
1253°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 73% |
damp 76% |
damp 78% |
nice 71% |
nice 73% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 79% |
nice 74% |
damp 71% |
nice 68% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 9mm |
dry 49mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 147mm |
rainy 150mm |
rainy 176mm |
rainy 167mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 71mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 3mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 84% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 28% |
| Air quality |
bad 130 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 123 US AQI |
bad 115 US AQI |
okay 97 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
okay 73 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
bad 112 US AQI |
bad 136 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 1,200 people | 1,050 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 900 people | 600 people | 720 people | 720 people | 600 people |
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