⭐️ Total score |
2.12/5 (Rank #866)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,361 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 5 Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 33°C92°F (feels 41°C106°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 65%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 91 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 104 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
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
5 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Wuxi is fast averaging 40 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~5 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 33°C 92°F + 😊 Comfy (65%) = feels 41°C 106°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 91 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 105 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.40 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 140 |
💸 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 | 1,400,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 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 | $1,361 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $894 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,390 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $683 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $760 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,056 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $448 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $251,125 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $36 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $35 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $137 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $19,257 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ 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) | 6°C / 43°F cold | 11°C / 52°F cool | 12°C / 54°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 24°C / 75°F warm | 31°C / 88°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 21°C / 70°F mild | 15°C / 59°F cool | 11°C / 52°F cool |
Real (median) |
7°C / 45°F
cold |
12°C / 53°F
cool |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
12°C / 53°F
cool |
Humidity |
nice 66% |
damp 73% |
damp 76% |
nice 66% |
nice 69% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 77% |
nice 70% |
nice 64% |
nice 59% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 19mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 57mm |
rainy 155mm |
rainy 129mm |
rainy 184mm |
rainy 167mm |
rainy 52mm |
rainy 70mm |
dry 39mm |
dry 3mm |
Cloud |
pockets 36% |
pockets 41% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 21% |
Air quality |
bad 170 US AQI |
bad 172 US AQI |
bad 136 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
okay 99 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
bad 137 US AQI |
bad 151 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
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seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
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