⭐️ Total score |
2.06/5 (Rank #1113)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,544 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C88°F (feels 37°C99°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 69%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 85 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 77 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
|
👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
3 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Shaoxing is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 31°C 88°F + 😊 Comfy (69%) = feels 37°C 99°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 85 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 77 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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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 coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 630,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 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 | $1,544 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $971 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,854 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $530 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $863 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,915 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $267 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $265,263 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $40 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $63 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $130 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $19,368 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very 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) | 7°C / 45°F cold | 7°C / 45°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 24°C / 75°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 39°C / 102°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 20°C / 68°F mild | 15°C / 59°F cool | 10°C / 50°F cold |
Real (median) |
7°C / 44°F
cold |
7°C / 45°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
20°C / 67°F
mild |
15°C / 58°F
cool |
10°C / 49°F
cold |
Humidity |
nice 59% |
damp 79% |
damp 80% |
nice 75% |
nice 85% |
nice 93% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 79% |
nice 79% |
damp 73% |
nice 65% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 10mm |
rainy 79mm |
rainy 143mm |
rainy 64mm |
rainy 197mm |
rainy 295mm |
rainy 181mm |
rainy 161mm |
rainy 128mm |
rainy 69mm |
rainy 68mm |
dry 7mm |
Cloud |
pockets 24% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 17% |
Air quality |
bad 125 US AQI |
bad 113 US AQI |
bad 109 US AQI |
okay 97 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 107 US AQI |
bad 137 US AQI |
Sun |
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avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
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