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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 148 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
6 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Chengdu is fast averaging 48 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~6 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 18°C 65°F + 😊 Comfy (85%) = feels 19°C 66°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 86 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 101 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Wuhou District |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.49 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 149 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Nu Cafe |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Dou Dou Cafe |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Aoting Garden Hotel |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍10% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,740,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 33,347 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 6,200,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,862 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 13x13m (169m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Wimdu |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
| 🏥 Best hospital | ParkwayHealth China |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,413 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $926 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,273 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $649 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $809 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,275 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $471 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $253,557 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $38 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $42 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $189 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $14,915 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very affordable
✅ Friendly people
✅ Lots to do
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Pollution
❌ Hard to get in
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
948° cold |
846° cold |
1966° mild |
2068° mild |
2475° warm |
3188° hot |
3595° hot |
3391° hot |
3086° warm |
1864° cool |
1355° cool |
846° cold |
| Real (median) |
948°
cold |
847°
cold |
1965°
mild |
1966°
mild |
2475°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2780°
warm |
1864°
cool |
1355°
cool |
846°
cold |
| Humidity |
damp 71% |
nice 69% |
nice 68% |
nice 70% |
nice 68% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 82% |
nice 81% |
damp 74% |
damp 71% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 8mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 22mm |
rainy 53mm |
rainy 51mm |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 297mm |
rainy 199mm |
rainy 138mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 8mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 84% |
overcast 92% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 81% |
| Air quality |
bad 167 US AQI |
bad 158 US AQI |
bad 145 US AQI |
bad 130 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
okay 90 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 142 US AQI |
bad 160 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 840 people | 1,000 people | 1,286 people | 1,100 people | 1,714 people | 1,000 people | 1,629 people | 800 people | 1,150 people | 1,200 people | 1,886 people | 825 people |
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