⭐️ Total score |
2.65/5 (Rank #289)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍3 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,256 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 86Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C89°F (feels 34°C93°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 52%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 93 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 101 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 6k ppl/km² (1 per 13x13m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
86 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Chengdu is fast averaging 688 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~86 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 31°C 89°F + 😊 Comfy (52%) = feels 34°C 93°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 93 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 101 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 1.37 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 137 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Nu Cafe |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Dou Dou Cafe |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Aoting Garden Hotel |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 1,740,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 33,347 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 16,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 13x13m (169m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Wimdu |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
🏥 Best hospital | ParkwayHealth China |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,256 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $844 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,185 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $624 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $442 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,172 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $416 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $233,011 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $21 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $38 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $217 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $18,161 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very affordable
✅ Friendly people
✅ Lots to do
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Pollution
❌ Hard to get in
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Feels crowded
❌ 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 |
48
9° cold |
46
8° cold |
66
19° mild |
66
19° mild |
75
24° warm |
90
32° hot |
100
38° hot |
93
34° hot |
86
30° warm |
64
18° cool |
54
12° cool |
46
8° cold |
Real |
48
9°
cold |
46
8°
cold |
65
19°
mild |
65
19°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
80
27°
warm |
64
18°
cool |
54
12°
cool |
46
8°
cold |
Humidity |
nice 68% |
nice 66% |
nice 70% |
nice 77% |
nice 73% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 94% |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 85% |
nice 84% |
damp 72% |
nice 68% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 7mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 22mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 50mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 297mm |
rainy 198mm |
rainy 138mm |
dry 45mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 7mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 57% |
pockets 45% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 54% |
Air quality |
bad 167 US AQI |
bad 158 US AQI |
bad 145 US AQI |
bad 130 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
okay 90 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 142 US AQI |
bad 160 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 250 people | 300 people | 267 people | 200 people | 320 people | 257 people | 400 people | 257 people | 244 people | 333 people | 440 people | 257 people |
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