| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.96/5 (Rank #600)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,428 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 9 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C83°F (feels 33°C91°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 80%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 70 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 92 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Great
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
| 🤮 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: 7k ppl/km² (1 per 12x12m)
|
| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
9 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Xi An is fast averaging 72 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~9 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (80%) = feels 33°C 91°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 70 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 92 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.48 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 148 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Lavazza Cafe Espresso |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Hilton Hotel Cafeteria |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 4,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 12x12m (144m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 76% 👱♀️ 24% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | apartmentsxian |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air China |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Malasya Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Gaoxin Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,428 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,107 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,941 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $840 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $766 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,027 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $862 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $222,453 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $36 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $34 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $250 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $0 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
643° cold |
1152° cool |
1661° cool |
1763° cool |
2577° warm |
3086° warm |
3188° hot |
3086° warm |
2475° warm |
1559° cool |
1152° cool |
745° cold |
| Real (median) |
643°
very cold |
1152°
cool |
1660°
cool |
1763°
cool |
2577°
warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2475°
warm |
1559°
cool |
1152°
cool |
745°
cold |
| Humidity |
nice 46% |
nice 46% |
nice 55% |
nice 56% |
nice 49% |
nice 51% |
nice 63% |
nice 65% |
nice 76% |
nice 70% |
nice 58% |
nice 52% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 2mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 20mm |
rainy 55mm |
dry 44mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 137mm |
rainy 136mm |
rainy 77mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 7mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 61% |
pockets 37% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 64% |
pockets 40% |
cloudy 50% |
| Air quality |
bad 201 US AQI |
bad 177 US AQI |
bad 144 US AQI |
bad 123 US AQI |
bad 109 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
bad 122 US AQI |
bad 162 US AQI |
bad 173 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 800 people | 0 people | 600 people | 750 people | 0 people | 600 people |
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