⭐️ Total score |
2.1/5 (Rank #1030)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,475 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3 Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 16°C61°F (feels 17°C63°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 83%
|
❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 76 US AQI
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 90 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Great
|
👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 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 |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
3 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Zhangjiakou is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 16°C 61°F + 💦 Damp (83%) = feels 17°C 63°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 76 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 91 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
🚑 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 | 900,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 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 | $1,475 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,158 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,578 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,022 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $597 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $826 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $766 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $122,200 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $28 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $27 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $106 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $9,235 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $4 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ 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 / 19°F freezing | 0°C / 0°F freezing | 6°C / 43°F cold | 9°C / 48°F cold | 19°C / 66°F mild | 23°C / 73°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 16°C / 61°F cool | 11°C / 52°F cool | -1°C / 30°F freezing | -4°C / 25°F freezing |
Real (median) |
-7°C / 19°F
freezing |
0°C / 32°F
freezing |
6°C / 42°F
very cold |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
19°C / 65°F
mild |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
11°C / 51°F
cool |
-1°C / 31°F
freezing |
-4°C / 25°F
freezing |
Humidity |
nice 47% |
nice 44% |
nice 56% |
nice 33% |
nice 35% |
nice 51% |
nice 74% |
nice 67% |
nice 68% |
nice 47% |
nice 64% |
nice 44% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 1mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 14mm |
dry 18mm |
dry 34mm |
rainy 64mm |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 58mm |
dry 26mm |
dry 15mm |
dry 0mm |
Cloud |
pockets 12% |
pockets 10% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 18% |
clear 7% |
clear 4% |
Air quality |
okay 94 US AQI |
okay 94 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
okay 96 US AQI |
okay 93 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
okay 75 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 82 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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