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| ๐ Quality of life score | |
| ๐ถ Family score | |
| ๐ Community score | |
| ๐คฏ Overcrowding score | |
| ๐ต Cost | |
| ๐ก Internet | |
| ๐ Fun | |
| โ ๏ธ Temperature (now) | |
| ๐ฆ Humidity (now) | |
| โ๏ธ % of buildings with AC | |
| ๐จ Air quality (now) | |
| ๐จ Air quality (annual) | |
| ๐ Safety | |
| ๐ฉ Safe for women | |
| ๐ Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| ๐คฎ Food safety* | |
| ๐ฎโโ๏ธ Lack of crime* | |
| ๐ค Lack of racism* | |
| ๐ Education level* | |
| โก๏ธ Power grid | |
| ๐ Resilience to climate change | |
| ๐ฐ Income level* | |
| ๐ English speaking* | |
| ๐ถ Walkability | |
| ๐ฆ Traffic safety* | |
| โ๏ธ Airline scores* | |
| ๐งณ Lost luggage* | |
| ๐ฅ Hospitals | |
| ๐ Happiness* | |
| ๐ธ Nightlife | |
| ๐ถ Free WiFi in city | |
| ๐ฅ Places to work from | |
| โ๏ธ A/C or heating | |
| ๐ Friendly to foreigners | |
| ๐ฏ Freedom of speech* | |
| ๐ Startup Score |
| ๐ Continent | Asia |
| ๐ฉ Country | China |
| ๐ก Internet speed (avg) |
8 Mbps
โ ๏ธ Internet in Putian is fast averaging 64 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~8 Mbps. |
| โ ๏ธ Weather (now) |
๐ฅ 30ยฐC 86ยฐF + ๐ฅต Sweaty (94%) = feels 41ยฐC 106ยฐF
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| ๐จ Air quality (now) | ๐ 25 US AQI ๐ OK |
| ๐จ Air quality (annual avg) | ๐๐ท 77 US AQI = ๐ฌ / day |
| ๐ Power | 230V 50Hz |
| ๐ Best taxi app* |
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| ๐ Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| ๐ธ 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.49 |
| ๐ง Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 149 |
| ๐ธ Tipping | No |
| ๐ณ Cashless | ๐ต No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| โ๏ธ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| ๐ฐ Tap water | ๐ซ No, not drinkable |
| ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ Population | 1,900,000 people |
| ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| ๐ซ Gender ratio (population) |
๐จ 47% ๐ฑโโ๏ธ 53% |
| ๐ซ Gender ratio (young adults) |
๐จ 56% ๐ฑโโ๏ธ 44% |
| โช๏ธ Religious government | Non-religious |
| ๐ Apartment listings | Ganji |
| โ๏ธ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
| โ๏ธ Best int'l air carrier | China Southern Airlines |
| ๐ต Cost of living for nomad | $1,214 / month |
| ๐ต Cost of living for expat | $789 / month |
| ๐ต Cost of living for family | $2,285 / month |
| ๐ต Cost of living for local | $653 / month |
| ๐จ Hotel (median price) | $1,112 / month |
| ๐ก Airbnb (median price) | $751 / month |
| ๐ 1br studio rent in center | $531 / month |
| ๐ Median home price | $178,534 |
| ๐จ Hotel (median price) | $52 / night |
| ๐ Airbnb (median price) | $25 / night |
| ๐ข Coworking hot desk | $74 / month |
| ๐ Dinner | $2 |
| ๐ฅค Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| ๐บ Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| โ๏ธ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| ๐ฉโ๐ซ International school | $24,288 / year |
| ๐ฑ Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
| ๐ Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
โ Affordable to live
โ Very safe
โ Warm now
โ Warm in the spring
โ Good air quality today
โ Spacious and not crowded
โ Easy to do business
โ Good hospitals
โ Safe for women
โ No freedom of speech
โ No democracy
โ Pretty slow internet
โ Not much to do
โ Gets cold in the winter
โ Very sweaty and humid now
โ Difficult to make friends
โ Quality of education is low
โ Roads can be dangerous
โ People don't speak English well
โ Not family friendly
โ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
โ People smoking tobacco a lot
โ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1457ยฐ cool |
1254ยฐ cool |
1864ยฐ cool |
2170ยฐ mild |
2882ยฐ warm |
3290ยฐ hot |
3799ยฐ hot |
3697ยฐ hot |
3391ยฐ hot |
2577ยฐ warm |
2068ยฐ mild |
1661ยฐ cool |
| Real (median) |
1457°
cool |
1254°
cool |
1864°
cool |
2170°
mild |
2678°
warm |
2781°
very warm |
3086°
hot |
2984°
very warm |
2983°
very warm |
2576°
warm |
2067°
mild |
1660°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 74% |
damp 77% |
damp 77% |
nice 76% |
nice 84% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 80% |
nice 78% |
nice 77% |
damp 74% |
| Most common | โ๏ธ Clear | โ๏ธ Clear | โ๏ธ Clear | โ๏ธ Clear | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Clear | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Clear | โ๏ธ Clear | โ๏ธ Clear | โ๏ธ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 2mm |
rainy 57mm |
dry 46mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 196mm |
rainy 244mm |
rainy 102mm |
rainy 272mm |
rainy 94mm |
dry 35mm |
dry 42mm |
dry 43mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 33% |
pockets 40% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 64% |
| Air quality |
okay 98 US AQI |
okay 99 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
okay 90 US AQI |
okay 76 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 76 US AQI |
okay 76 US AQI |
okay 82 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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