| ⭐️ Total score |
2.19/5 (Rank #706)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,283 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 16°C61°F (feels 17°C63°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 24%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 50 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 102 US AQI
|
| 👌 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: 5k ppl/km² (1 per 14x14m)
|
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
3 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Dongguan is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 16°C 61°F + 🌵 Too dry (24%) = feels 17°C 63°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 50 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 102 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.41 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 141 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 8,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 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 | $1,283 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $874 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,415 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $690 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $619 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $867 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $414 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $337,515 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $29 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $28 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $130 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $8,438 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ 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 (median) | 20°C / 68°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 27°C / 81°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 45°C / 113°F scorching | 45°C / 113°F scorching | 44°C / 111°F scorching | 43°C / 109°F scorching | 44°C / 111°F scorching | 30°C / 86°F warm | 22°C / 72°F mild | 20°C / 68°F mild |
| Real (median) |
20°C / 67°F
mild |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
26°C / 78°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 52% |
nice 61% |
nice 72% |
sweaty 72% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 73% |
nice 58% |
nice 65% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 2mm |
rainy 59mm |
dry 34mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 172mm |
rainy 260mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 267mm |
rainy 108mm |
dry 27mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 36mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 24% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 29% |
| Air quality |
bad 158 US AQI |
bad 154 US AQI |
bad 128 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 119 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
okay 97 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 131 US AQI |
bad 137 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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