⭐️ Total score |
2.29/5 (Rank #556)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,858 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 87Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 12°C54°F (feels 12°C54°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 54%
|
💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 55 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 80 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 15x15m)
|
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
😄 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 |
Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
87 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Suzhou is fast averaging 696 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~87 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 12°C 54°F + 😊 Comfy (54%) = feels 12°C 54°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 55 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 81 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 1.38 |
🏧 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 | Kalerm Company |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Dio Coffee |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Pingjiangfu Suzhou |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍15% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 76% 👱♀️ 24% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | FullHome |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
🏥 Best hospital | Singhealth Medical Clinic |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,858 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,332 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,216 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $919 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $599 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,666 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $558 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $28 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $55 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $156 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
👩🏫 International school | $33,721 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Very safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ 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 |
43
6° cold |
54
12° cool |
54
12° cool |
64
18° cool |
75
24° warm |
82
28° warm |
86
30° warm |
86
30° warm |
82
28° warm |
70
21° mild |
61
16° cool |
52
11° cool |
Real |
45
7°
cold |
54
12°
cool |
55
13°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
75
24°
warm |
83
29°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
68
20°
mild |
61
16°
cool |
53
12°
cool |
Humidity |
nice 34% |
nice 37% |
nice 39% |
nice 33% |
nice 36% |
nice 39% |
nice 39% |
nice 41% |
nice 39% |
nice 36% |
nice 32% |
too dry 30% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 9mm |
dry 49mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 147mm |
rainy 150mm |
rainy 175mm |
rainy 167mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 71mm |
dry 45mm |
dry 3mm |
Cloud |
pockets 34% |
pockets 41% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 20% |
Air quality |
bad 130 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 123 US AQI |
bad 115 US AQI |
okay 97 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
okay 73 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
bad 112 US AQI |
bad 136 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 400 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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