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| ⭐️ Total score | 49 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 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* | |
| 🚶 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 | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
5 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Kunming is fast averaging 40 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~5 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (78%) = feels 23°C 73°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 46 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 71 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.40 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 140 |
| 💸 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 |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 93% 👱♀️ 7% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $1,691 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $996 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,529 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $723 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,524 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,381 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $449 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $224,024 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $71 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $45 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $106 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ 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) | 12°C / 54°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 23°C / 73°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 22°C / 72°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild | 18°C / 64°F cool | 14°C / 57°F cool | 12°C / 54°F cool |
| Real (median) |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
17°C / 62°F
cool |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
25°C / 76°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
17°C / 62°F
cool |
14°C / 57°F
cool |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 70% |
nice 58% |
nice 35% |
nice 43% |
nice 55% |
nice 84% |
nice 89% |
nice 93% |
nice 84% |
damp 87% |
damp 78% |
damp 72% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 11mm |
dry 21mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 50mm |
dry 50mm |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 262mm |
rainy 220mm |
rainy 92mm |
rainy 93mm |
dry 32mm |
dry 19mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 25% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 38% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 61% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 38% |
| Air quality |
okay 77 US AQI |
bad 100 US AQI |
bad 117 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 62 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 75 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 267 people | 267 people | 267 people | 240 people | 280 people | 257 people | 350 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 233 people |
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