⭐️ Total score |
1.93/5 (Rank #1241)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,027 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 83Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 19°C67°F (feels 19°C66°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 86%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy : 157 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 103 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
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
🚦 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 |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
83 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Xiangyang is fast averaging 664 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~83 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 19°C 67°F + 😊 Comfy (86%) = feels 19°C 66°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 157 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 104 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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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 | 870,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
⛪️ 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 | $3,027 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,902 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $18,559 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $5,303 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $686 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $677 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $5,896 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $110,721 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $32 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $22 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $128 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $17,439 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ 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 / 45°F cold | 6°C / 43°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 24°C / 75°F warm | 33°C / 91°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 25°C / 77°F warm | 18°C / 64°F cool | 11°C / 52°F cool | 9°C / 48°F cold |
Real (median) |
7°C / 45°F
cold |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
24°C / 74°F
warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
11°C / 52°F
cool |
9°C / 47°F
cold |
Humidity |
nice 57% |
nice 62% |
damp 76% |
damp 73% |
nice 73% |
nice 70% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 92% |
nice 79% |
nice 69% |
nice 58% |
nice 48% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 7mm |
dry 29mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 185mm |
rainy 190mm |
rainy 68mm |
dry 47mm |
dry 15mm |
dry 6mm |
Cloud |
pockets 33% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 24% |
Air quality |
bad 183 US AQI |
bad 169 US AQI |
bad 147 US AQI |
bad 125 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
bad 112 US AQI |
bad 157 US AQI |
bad 170 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 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 |
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seek shade 3 UVI |
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