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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 (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) |
3 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Changshu is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 8°C 47°F + 💦 Damp (73%) = feels 7°C 45°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 93 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 | 1,200,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 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 | $1,696 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,258 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,453 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $986 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $844 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,259 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $751 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $40 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $151 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ 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 damp now
❌ 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
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
45
7° cold |
54
12° cool |
55
13° cool |
64
18° cool |
77
25° warm |
82
28° warm |
90
32° hot |
86
30° warm |
84
29° warm |
70
21° mild |
63
17° cool |
52
11° cool |
| Real |
47
9°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
56
14°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
76
25°
warm |
83
29°
very warm |
88
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
70
21°
mild |
62
17°
cool |
52
11°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 34% |
nice 37% |
nice 39% |
nice 33% |
nice 35% |
nice 38% |
nice 41% |
nice 42% |
nice 40% |
nice 36% |
nice 33% |
nice 31% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 19mm |
dry 42mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 138mm |
rainy 124mm |
rainy 197mm |
rainy 165mm |
rainy 57mm |
rainy 52mm |
dry 48mm |
dry 3mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 36% |
pockets 41% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 20% |
| Air quality |
bad 128 US AQI |
bad 131 US AQI |
bad 132 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 115 US AQI |
okay 100 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
bad 107 US AQI |
bad 138 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 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 | 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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