⭐️ Total score |
2.71/5 (Rank #285)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍4 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,403 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 21°C69°F (feels 21°C70°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 67%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 65 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 83 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: 5k ppl/km² (1 per 14x14m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
3 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Guangzhou is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 21°C 69°F + 😊 Comfy (67%) = feels 21°C 70°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 65 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 84 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Didi |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.38 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 138 |
💸 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) |
👨 81% 👱♀️ 19% |
⛪️ 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 | $1,403 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $885 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,315 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $661 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $819 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,133 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $476 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $38 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $37 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $205 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $22,090 / 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
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ 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 |
68
20° mild |
75
24° warm |
75
24° warm |
77
25° warm |
93
34° hot |
90
32° hot |
93
34° hot |
93
34° hot |
93
34° hot |
79
26° warm |
72
22° mild |
68
20° mild |
Real |
67
20°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
91
33°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
91
33°
hot |
90
32°
hot |
91
33°
hot |
79
26°
warm |
72
22°
mild |
67
20°
mild |
Humidity |
too dry 23% |
nice 30% |
nice 37% |
nice 37% |
nice 40% |
nice 44% |
nice 40% |
nice 44% |
nice 39% |
nice 36% |
too dry 29% |
nice 32% |
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 | 383 people | 350 people | 383 people | 867 people | 375 people | 250 people | 400 people | 260 people | 244 people | 580 people | 433 people | 525 people |
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