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| ⭐️ Total score | 1 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 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* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
13 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Yinchuan is fast averaging 104 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~13 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌨 -2°C 29°F + 😊 Comfy (52%) = feels -4°C 25°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 129 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 82 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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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 | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 810,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 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 | $1,473 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $955 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,590 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $740 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $767 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,071 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $448 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $36 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $35 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $171 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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 |
27
-3° freezing |
30
-1° freezing |
48
9° cold |
57
14° cool |
70
21° mild |
75
24° warm |
79
26° warm |
77
25° warm |
63
17° cool |
54
12° cool |
36
2° cold |
30
-1° freezing |
| Real |
27
-3°
freezing |
30
-1°
freezing |
47
9°
cold |
56
14°
cool |
69
21°
mild |
78
26°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
77
25°
warm |
63
17°
cool |
53
12°
cool |
36
2°
very cold |
30
-1°
freezing |
| Humidity |
too dry 15% |
too dry 14% |
too dry 16% |
too dry 23% |
too dry 12% |
too dry 15% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 19% |
too dry 26% |
too dry 22% |
too dry 17% |
too dry 15% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
dry 0mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 42mm |
dry 15mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 0mm |
| Cloud |
clear 3% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 23% |
clear 5% |
pockets 11% |
| Air quality |
bad 154 US AQI |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 115 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
okay 96 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
okay 79 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 128 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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