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| ⭐️ Total score | 3 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
87 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Dongguan is fast averaging 696 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~87 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 21°C 70°F + 😊 Comfy (52%) = feels 21°C 70°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 102 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 1.38 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 138 |
| 💸 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 | 8,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 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 | $1,252 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $855 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,361 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $675 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $599 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $848 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $405 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $28 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $28 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $127 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $8,252 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Feels crowded
❌ 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 |
68
20° mild |
75
24° warm |
77
25° warm |
81
27° warm |
93
34° hot |
91
33° hot |
91
33° hot |
90
32° hot |
91
33° hot |
81
27° warm |
72
22° mild |
68
20° mild |
| Real |
67
20°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
78
26°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
90
32°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
90
32°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
90
32°
hot |
81
27°
warm |
72
22°
mild |
66
19°
mild |
| Humidity |
too dry 26% |
nice 31% |
nice 36% |
nice 36% |
nice 42% |
nice 46% |
nice 41% |
nice 44% |
nice 40% |
nice 37% |
too dry 29% |
nice 33% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 2mm |
rainy 59mm |
dry 34mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 172mm |
rainy 260mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 267mm |
rainy 108mm |
dry 27mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 36mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 24% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 29% |
| Air quality |
bad 158 US AQI |
bad 154 US AQI |
bad 128 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 119 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
okay 97 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 131 US AQI |
bad 137 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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