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| ⭐️ Total score | 196 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
5 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Guangzhou is fast averaging 40 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~5 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 34°C 93°F + 🥵 Sweaty (72%) = feels 47°C 117°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 84 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.39 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 139 |
| 💸 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 |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 9,075,500 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 173,932 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 14,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | China Southern Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | China Eastern Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | CanAm International Medical Centre |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,372 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $889 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,325 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $664 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $719 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,138 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $478 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $47,145 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $34 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $37 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $206 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $22,186 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ 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) | 20°C / 68°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 46°C / 115°F scorching | 43°C / 109°F scorching | 46°C / 115°F scorching | 47°C / 117°F scorching | 45°C / 113°F scorching | 28°C / 82°F warm | 22°C / 72°F mild | 20°C / 68°F mild |
| Real (median) |
20°C / 67°F
mild |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
20°C / 67°F
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 46% |
nice 60% |
nice 73% |
nice 73% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 78% |
nice 72% |
nice 59% |
nice 63% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 3mm |
rainy 72mm |
dry 47mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 200mm |
rainy 266mm |
rainy 125mm |
rainy 261mm |
rainy 111mm |
rainy 63mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 45mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 28% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 61% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 29% |
| Air quality |
bad 126 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 62 US AQI |
okay 71 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
bad 112 US AQI |
bad 112 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 400 people | 356 people | 417 people | 889 people | 400 people | 311 people | 467 people | 260 people | 244 people | 564 people | 457 people | 625 people |
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