⭐️ Total score |
2.19/5 (Rank #683)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,251 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 87Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 7°C45°F (feels 7°C45°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 74%
|
💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 53 US AQI
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 110 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Great
|
🤮 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 |
Bad |
🚦 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 |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
87 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Guilin is fast averaging 696 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~87 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 7°C 45°F + 💦 Damp (74%) = feels 7°C 45°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 53 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 111 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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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 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 | $1,251 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $787 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,017 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $576 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $871 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $866 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $441 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $41 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $28 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $151 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $5 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
❌ 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 |
54
12° cool |
52
11° cool |
61
16° cool |
68
20° mild |
77
25° warm |
82
28° warm |
88
31° hot |
86
30° warm |
84
29° warm |
72
22° mild |
63
17° cool |
57
14° cool |
Real |
54
12°
cool |
52
11°
cool |
60
16°
cool |
67
20°
mild |
77
25°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
87
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
85
30°
very warm |
71
22°
mild |
63
17°
cool |
57
14°
cool |
Humidity |
too dry 28% |
nice 38% |
nice 46% |
nice 48% |
nice 48% |
nice 45% |
nice 39% |
nice 41% |
nice 38% |
nice 37% |
nice 37% |
nice 34% |
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 |
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