| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.98/5 (Rank #577)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,377 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 9 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 15°C59°F (feels 15°C59°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 77%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 59 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 110 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Great
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 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 |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
9 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Guilin is fast averaging 72 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~9 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 15°C 59°F + 💦 Damp (77%) = feels 15°C 59°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 59 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 111 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.46 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 146 |
| 💸 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 |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 2,531,500 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 48,516 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 800,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 96% 👱♀️ 4% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $1,377 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $831 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,130 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $609 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,075 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $914 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $466 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $131,015 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $50 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $30 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $159 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $6 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ 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
❌ 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) |
1254° cool |
1152° cool |
1661° cool |
2068° mild |
2577° warm |
3391° hot |
38100° hot |
38100° hot |
3595° hot |
2272° mild |
1763° cool |
1457° cool |
| Real (median) |
1254°
cool |
1152°
cool |
1660°
cool |
2067°
mild |
2577°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
3187°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3085°
very warm |
2271°
mild |
1763°
cool |
1457°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 55% |
damp 76% |
damp 91% |
nice 95% |
nice 96% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 75% |
nice 74% |
damp 73% |
nice 68% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
dry 10mm |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 162mm |
rainy 207mm |
rainy 349mm |
rainy 371mm |
rainy 238mm |
rainy 151mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 92mm |
dry 6mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 38% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 28% |
| Air quality |
bad 138 US AQI |
bad 123 US AQI |
bad 107 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 73 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
bad 112 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
bad 130 US AQI |
bad 132 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 600 people | 800 people | 900 people | 900 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 1,200 people | 600 people |
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