⭐️ Total score |
2.09/5 (Rank #980)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,516 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 15 Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C89°F (feels 39°C102°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 75%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 78 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 121 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
|
👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
15 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Zhuzhou is fast averaging 120 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~15 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 31°C 89°F + 🥵 Sweaty (75%) = feels 39°C 102°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 78 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 121 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 1.39 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 139 |
💸 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 | 880,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
👫 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 | $1,516 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,232 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,855 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,101 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $906 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $868 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $976 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $128,955 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $42 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $28 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $152 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $5,546 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid 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
❌ 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) | 9°C / 48°F cold | 9°C / 48°F cold | 14°C / 57°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 24°C / 75°F warm | 33°C / 91°F hot | 42°C / 108°F scorching | 42°C / 108°F scorching | 33°C / 91°F hot | 20°C / 68°F mild | 16°C / 61°F cool | 11°C / 52°F cool |
Real (median) |
9°C / 47°F
cold |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
14°C / 57°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
24°C / 74°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
32°C / 89°F
hot |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
11°C / 52°F
cool |
Humidity |
nice 64% |
damp 87% |
damp 92% |
damp 97% |
nice 94% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 73% |
nice 79% |
nice 67% |
nice 63% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 10mm |
rainy 119mm |
rainy 154mm |
rainy 199mm |
rainy 321mm |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 104mm |
rainy 153mm |
dry 30mm |
rainy 68mm |
rainy 85mm |
dry 32mm |
Cloud |
pockets 23% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 33% |
Air quality |
bad 173 US AQI |
bad 154 US AQI |
bad 146 US AQI |
bad 140 US AQI |
bad 131 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
okay 85 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 138 US AQI |
bad 155 US AQI |
bad 164 US AQI |
Sun |
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 |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
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