| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.83/5 (Rank #803)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,412 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 10 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 35°C95°F (feels 45°C113°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 60%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 46 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 103 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 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 |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 15x15m)
|
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Okay |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
10 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Zhengzhou is fast averaging 80 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~10 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 35°C 95°F + 😊 Comfy (60%) = feels 45°C 113°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 46 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 104 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Xingyang |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.47 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 147 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 9,900,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | China Southern |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
| 🏥 Best hospital | First Affiliated University Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,412 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $677 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,548 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $442 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,428 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,087 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $255 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $220,481 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $67 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $36 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $149 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $5,145 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ 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
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
643° cold |
1355° cool |
1559° cool |
2068° mild |
2781° warm |
3697° hot |
38100° hot |
3391° hot |
2984° warm |
1966° mild |
1559° cool |
745° cold |
| Real (median) |
744°
cold |
1355°
cool |
1558°
cool |
1966°
mild |
2780°
warm |
3391°
hot |
3188°
hot |
2984°
very warm |
2679°
warm |
1864°
cool |
1559°
cool |
846°
cold |
| Humidity |
nice 32% |
nice 41% |
nice 61% |
nice 54% |
nice 43% |
nice 50% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 74% |
nice 78% |
nice 65% |
nice 46% |
nice 31% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 3mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 31mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 189mm |
rainy 151mm |
rainy 88mm |
dry 43mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 7mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 27% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 37% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 20% |
| Air quality |
bad 190 US AQI |
bad 172 US AQI |
bad 153 US AQI |
bad 143 US AQI |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 159 US AQI |
bad 156 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
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avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 800 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 900 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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