⭐️ Total score |
2.14/5 (Rank #832)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,376 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 5Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 16°C62°F (feels 17°C63°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 70%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 85 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 |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
😄 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 |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
5 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Xining is fast averaging 40 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~5 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 16°C 62°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 17°C 63°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 85 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.39 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 139 |
💸 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 | 850,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
👫 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 | $1,376 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $978 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,804 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $801 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $663 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $967 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $552 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $153,022 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $31 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $32 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $145 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ 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
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ 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) | -5°C / 23°F freezing | 0°C / 0°F freezing | 6°C / 43°F cold | 5°C / 41°F cold | 15°C / 59°F cool | 13°C / 55°F cool | 20°C / 68°F mild | 18°C / 64°F cool | 10°C / 50°F cold | 7°C / 45°F cold | 0°C / 0°F freezing | -4°C / 25°F freezing |
Real (median) |
-5°C / 23°F
freezing |
0°C / 32°F
freezing |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
5°C / 41°F
very cold |
15°C / 58°F
cool |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
10°C / 50°F
cold |
7°C / 45°F
cold |
0°C / 32°F
freezing |
-4°C / 26°F
freezing |
Humidity |
too dry 27% |
too dry 25% |
nice 34% |
nice 53% |
nice 45% |
nice 66% |
nice 61% |
nice 68% |
nice 68% |
nice 66% |
nice 40% |
nice 35% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 2mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 50mm |
dry 47mm |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 89mm |
dry 34mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 3mm |
Cloud |
pockets 17% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 12% |
pockets 18% |
Air quality |
bad 153 US AQI |
bad 138 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 107 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
bad 141 US AQI |
bad 160 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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