⭐️ Total score |
2.32/5 (Rank #524)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,281 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 86Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 14°C56°F (feels 13°C55°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 40%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 109 US AQI
|
👌 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: 9k ppl/km² (1 per 11x11m)
|
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
🗯 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) |
86 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Harbin is fast averaging 688 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~86 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 14°C 56°F + 😊 Comfy (40%) = feels 13°C 55°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 110 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.37 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 137 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Harbin Walker Coffee Hotel |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | USABUCKS Coffee |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Holiday Inn-Harbin City Centre |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 11,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 11x11m (121m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 75% 👱♀️ 25% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Roomorama |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | China Flying Dragon Aviation |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
🏥 Best hospital | Jewish Private Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,281 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $765 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,675 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $479 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $696 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,063 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $308 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $33 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $35 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $173 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $7,879 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Very safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Feels crowded
❌ 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 |
-8
-22° freezing |
10
-12° freezing |
36
2° cold |
50
10° cold |
64
18° cool |
73
23° mild |
84
29° warm |
73
23° mild |
66
19° mild |
54
12° cool |
25
-4° freezing |
3
-16° freezing |
Real |
1
-17°
freezing |
17
-9°
freezing |
39
4°
very cold |
52
11°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
73
23°
mild |
84
29°
very warm |
73
23°
mild |
65
19°
mild |
54
12°
cool |
29
-2°
freezing |
12
-11°
freezing |
Humidity |
too dry 28% |
nice 32% |
nice 33% |
too dry 16% |
too dry 24% |
nice 33% |
nice 41% |
nice 41% |
nice 38% |
too dry 27% |
nice 42% |
nice 35% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 6mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 17mm |
dry 14mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 102mm |
rainy 145mm |
rainy 141mm |
rainy 81mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 7mm |
Cloud |
pockets 23% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 24% |
Air quality |
bad 172 US AQI |
bad 160 US AQI |
bad 149 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
bad 112 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
bad 131 US AQI |
bad 136 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 300 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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