| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.01/5 (Rank #621)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,324 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 91 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 23°C73°F (feels 23°C73°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 76%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 53 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 76 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Great
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 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* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
91 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Shantou is fast averaging 728 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~91 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 23°C 73°F + 😊 Comfy (76%) = feels 23°C 73°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 53 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 77 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.45 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 145 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Jinguan Hotel |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Regency Grand Hotel |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | GreenTree Alliance Hotel |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,324 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $907 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,335 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $667 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $639 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,306 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $383 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $173,625 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $30 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $43 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $127 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $7 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Very safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ 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) |
1661° cool |
1864° cool |
1966° mild |
2272° mild |
3290° hot |
3493° hot |
3595° hot |
3391° hot |
3595° hot |
3086° warm |
2272° mild |
1966° mild |
| Real (median) |
1661°
cool |
1864°
cool |
1966°
mild |
2272°
mild |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2272°
mild |
1966°
mild |
| Humidity |
damp 74% |
nice 79% |
nice 79% |
nice 80% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 77% |
nice 72% |
nice 75% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 2mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 11mm |
rainy 94mm |
rainy 230mm |
rainy 110mm |
rainy 221mm |
rainy 51mm |
rainy 58mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 34mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 17% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 45% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 45% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 34% |
| Air quality |
okay 93 US AQI |
okay 96 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 59 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 96 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people |
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