⭐️ Total score |
2.2/5 (Rank #651)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,267 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 5 Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 25°C77°F (feels 25°C77°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 75%
|
❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 25 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 75 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
|
👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
🌈 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 |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
5 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Changchun is fast averaging 40 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~5 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 25°C 77°F + 😊 Comfy (75%) = feels 25°C 77°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 25 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 76 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 1.40 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 140 |
💸 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 | 3,200,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 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 | $1,267 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $731 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,896 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $542 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $773 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $301 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $111,843 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $36 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $99 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $14,676 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very 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
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | -20°C / -4°F freezing | -9°C / 16°F freezing | 5°C / 41°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 34°C / 93°F hot | 23°C / 73°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild | 12°C / 54°F cool | -5°C / 23°F freezing | -11°C / 12°F freezing |
Real (median) |
-15°C / 5°F
freezing |
-6°C / 22°F
freezing |
7°C / 45°F
cold |
14°C / 56°F
cool |
21°C / 69°F
mild |
24°C / 74°F
warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
21°C / 69°F
mild |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
-2°C / 28°F
freezing |
-7°C / 19°F
freezing |
Humidity |
nice 54% |
nice 66% |
nice 52% |
too dry 28% |
nice 43% |
nice 72% |
sweaty 84% |
nice 87% |
nice 80% |
nice 56% |
damp 83% |
nice 63% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 5mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 20mm |
rainy 94mm |
rainy 147mm |
rainy 146mm |
rainy 55mm |
dry 12mm |
dry 18mm |
dry 2mm |
Cloud |
pockets 20% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 18% |
Air quality |
bad 149 US AQI |
bad 139 US AQI |
bad 135 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
okay 55 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 122 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
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seek shade 5 UVI |
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seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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