⭐️ Total score |
2.84/5 (Rank #172)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍2 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,443 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 6°C43°F (feels 6°C43°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 92%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 42 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 99 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 6k ppl/km² (1 per 13x13m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
3 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Hangzhou is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 6°C 43°F + 💦 Damp (92%) = feels 6°C 43°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 42 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 100 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Didi |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 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 coworking space | Allface |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 900,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 17,248 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 9,500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 13x13m (169m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 79% 👱♀️ 21% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | China Eastern |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
🏥 Best hospital | North American International Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,443 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $969 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,187 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $625 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $629 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,449 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $391 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $29 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $47 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $128 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $19,544 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
48
9° cold |
55
13° cool |
61
16° cool |
68
20° mild |
79
26° warm |
84
29° warm |
93
34° hot |
90
32° hot |
86
30° warm |
70
21° mild |
63
17° cool |
57
14° cool |
Real |
48
9°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
59
15°
cool |
66
19°
mild |
79
26°
warm |
83
29°
very warm |
90
32°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
85
30°
very warm |
70
21°
mild |
62
17°
cool |
56
14°
cool |
Humidity |
nice 30% |
nice 40% |
nice 42% |
nice 40% |
nice 43% |
nice 46% |
nice 44% |
nice 45% |
nice 42% |
nice 40% |
nice 36% |
nice 33% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 10mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 131mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 169mm |
rainy 280mm |
rainy 192mm |
rainy 154mm |
rainy 108mm |
rainy 63mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 6mm |
Cloud |
pockets 31% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 24% |
Air quality |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 144 US AQI |
bad 139 US AQI |
bad 136 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 82 US AQI |
okay 94 US AQI |
bad 112 US AQI |
bad 133 US AQI |
bad 155 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 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 4 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 360 people | 300 people | 350 people | 244 people | 300 people | 400 people | 280 people | 200 people | 240 people |
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