| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.78/5 (Rank #998)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,481 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 9 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 13°C56°F (feels 13°C55°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 81%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 13 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 98 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
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
| 😄 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) |
9 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Yichang is fast averaging 72 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~9 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 13°C 56°F + 💦 Damp (81%) = feels 13°C 55°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 13 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 99 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 | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 710,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| 👫 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 | $1,481 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $981 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,935 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $839 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $801 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $740 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $570 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $123,674 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $38 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $24 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $159 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ 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
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ 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 not that great
❌ 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) |
846° cold |
745° cold |
1457° cool |
1864° cool |
2373° mild |
3290° hot |
3799° hot |
3595° hot |
2984° warm |
1966° mild |
1152° cool |
1050° cold |
| Real (median) |
846°
cold |
745°
cold |
1456°
cool |
1864°
cool |
2373°
mild |
2882°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2679°
warm |
1966°
mild |
1152°
cool |
1049°
cold |
| Humidity |
nice 59% |
nice 68% |
damp 79% |
damp 80% |
nice 79% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 96% |
nice 80% |
nice 70% |
nice 62% |
nice 57% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
dry 16mm |
dry 26mm |
rainy 68mm |
rainy 88mm |
rainy 113mm |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 209mm |
rainy 194mm |
rainy 74mm |
dry 50mm |
dry 22mm |
dry 10mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 29% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 31% |
| Air quality |
bad 191 US AQI |
bad 172 US AQI |
bad 145 US AQI |
bad 125 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
okay 85 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 147 US AQI |
bad 177 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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