| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.82/5 (Rank #846)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,705 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 12 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C87°F (feels 41°C106°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 88%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 34 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* |
Great |
| 🧳 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) |
12 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Dongguan is fast averaging 96 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~12 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 31°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (88%) = feels 41°C 106°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 34 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 102 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Nancheng Subdistrict |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.48 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 148 |
| 💸 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 | $1,705 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $922 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,546 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $728 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,637 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $914 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $437 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $355,925 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $77 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $30 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $137 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $8,898 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid 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) |
2068° mild |
2475° warm |
2781° warm |
3086° warm |
45113° scorching |
44111° scorching |
45113° scorching |
42108° scorching |
44111° scorching |
3086° warm |
2272° mild |
2068° mild |
| Real (median) |
2067°
mild |
2475°
warm |
2678°
warm |
2781°
warm |
3290°
hot |
3188°
hot |
3290°
hot |
3188°
hot |
3290°
hot |
2781°
warm |
2272°
mild |
1966°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 60% |
nice 67% |
nice 73% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 74% |
nice 64% |
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 36% |
pockets 27% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 61% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 49% |
| 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 |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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