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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 24 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 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) |
☀️ 18°C 64°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 18°C 64°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 79 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 92 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 1.49 |
| 🏧 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 coffee place | Lavazza Cafe Espresso |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Hilton Hotel Cafeteria |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Hard · 160 mg/L |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 5,200,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,862 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 12x12m (144m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $825 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $530 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $906 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $259 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $771 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,033 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $224 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $223,724 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $36 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $34 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $33 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $0 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ 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 |
3188° hot |
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 |
3085°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2476°
warm |
1559°
cool |
1152°
cool |
745°
cold |
| Humidity |
nice 46% |
nice 46% |
nice 55% |
nice 57% |
nice 49% |
nice 51% |
nice 63% |
nice 65% |
nice 76% |
damp 70% |
nice 58% |
nice 52% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 2mm |
dry 25mm |
dry 21mm |
rainy 55mm |
dry 45mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 138mm |
rainy 136mm |
rainy 78mm |
dry 20mm |
dry 7mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 61% |
pockets 37% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 65% |
pockets 41% |
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 | 600 people | 600 people |
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