⭐️ Total score |
2.11/5 (Rank #893)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,062 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 22°C71°F (feels 22°C72°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 95%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 85 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 83 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
|
🤮 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 |
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 |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
3 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Zhanjiang is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 22°C 71°F + 😊 Comfy (95%) = feels 22°C 72°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 85 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 84 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Didi |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.41 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 141 |
💸 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 | 1,400,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
👫 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 | $1,062 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $747 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,191 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $626 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $631 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $739 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $450 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $30 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $24 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $106 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $14,074 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ 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 |
68
20° mild |
73
23° mild |
79
26° warm |
82
28° warm |
93
34° hot |
91
33° hot |
93
34° hot |
90
32° hot |
90
32° hot |
79
26° warm |
75
24° warm |
72
22° mild |
Real |
66
19°
mild |
73
23°
mild |
78
26°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
91
33°
hot |
90
32°
hot |
91
33°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
79
26°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
71
22°
mild |
Humidity |
nice 36% |
nice 41% |
nice 42% |
nice 43% |
nice 42% |
nice 40% |
nice 41% |
nice 44% |
nice 42% |
nice 42% |
nice 36% |
nice 40% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 8mm |
dry 34mm |
dry 25mm |
rainy 91mm |
dry 34mm |
rainy 158mm |
rainy 142mm |
rainy 302mm |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 93mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 35mm |
Cloud |
pockets 34% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 41% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 41% |
Air quality |
bad 114 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
okay 90 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
bad 119 US AQI |
bad 128 US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
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