| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.86/5 (Rank #840)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,102 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 8 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Freezing
: -4°C25°F (feels -9°C16°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 27%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 74 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 86 US AQI
|
| 👌 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 |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
| 😄 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) |
8 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Jilin is fast averaging 64 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~8 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 -4°C 25°F + 🌵 Too dry (27%) = feels -9°C 16°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 74 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 86 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 |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 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 | $1,102 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,164 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,843 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $812 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $384 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $573 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $102,318 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $18 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $73 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $15,348 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air now
❌ 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) |
-163° freezing |
-719° freezing |
643° cold |
1457° cool |
2272° mild |
2577° warm |
3595° hot |
2475° warm |
2170° mild |
1457° cool |
0° freezing |
-818° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-1211°
freezing |
-425°
freezing |
846°
cold |
1558°
cool |
2272°
mild |
2577°
warm |
3085°
very warm |
2475°
warm |
2170°
mild |
1457°
cool |
032°
freezing |
-524°
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 52% |
nice 56% |
nice 42% |
too dry 29% |
nice 33% |
nice 58% |
sweaty 74% |
nice 76% |
nice 73% |
nice 49% |
damp 77% |
nice 58% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 2mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 12mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 111mm |
rainy 103mm |
dry 17mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 0mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 14% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 39% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 11% |
| Air quality |
bad 164 US AQI |
bad 160 US AQI |
bad 144 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 107 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 71 US AQI |
bad 107 US AQI |
bad 122 US AQI |
bad 135 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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