Internet speed in China
Median speeds from Ookla's Speedtest Global Index, June 2026 — what a rental's line and your phone actually get, not what the listing says.
Home broadband291 Mbpsmedian download in Shanghai0world median 130300+Fast — Several people on calls at once, large uploads, 4K75 Mbps upload · 7 ms latency
Mobile data225 Mbpsmedian download in Shanghai0world median 109300+28 Mbps upload · 17 ms latency
By city
under 30 basic · fair · 100+ good · 150+ fast — the tick is the world median.
| Place | Home broadband | Mobile data | Work from it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghaimeasured in Shanghai | 291 Mbps | 225 Mbps | Yes |
| Beijing & the Great Wallmeasured in Beijing | 243 Mbps | 217 Mbps | Yes |
| China as a wholeOokla publishes no separate figure for Xi’an; the national median stands for them. | 238 Mbps | 176 Mbps | Not at the median |
A median is the middle of every test run in the place that quarter: half the lines are faster, half slower. Cities usually beat the national number; islands and hill towns usually do not. "Work from it" is this site's own line — 150 Mbps down, 50 up, under 30 ms — for a household on calls all day; one person needs far less.
The guides in China
Beijing & the Great WallChinaAn imperial city, and a wall that runs off into the mountains
ShanghaiChinaA waterfront of 1920s banks facing a skyline from the future, with lane houses and gardens in between
Xi’anChinaEight thousand terracotta soldiers, a city wall you can cycle round, and the eastern end of the Silk Road