⭐️ Total score | 3.62/5 (Rank #134) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,773 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 17Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 20°C68°F (feels 21°C70°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 92% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 24 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 21 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | High: $3,513 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Sprawling: 2k ppl/km² (24x24m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | Canada |
⏱ Average trip length | 18 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 17 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (92%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 24 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 21 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Billings Bridge - Alta Vista |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Greenbelt |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Virgin Mobile |
💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.76 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 78 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 930,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 24x24m (576m²) per person |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Best Buy |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | West Jet |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Canada |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,773 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,544 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,301 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $943 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $698 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $93 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,809 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $132 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 163 listings) | $1,891 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $62 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $8 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
Sales tax (VAT/GST) | 13% |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,825 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $34,643 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $109,369 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 21-6° freezing | 16-9° freezing | 341° cold | 5513° cool | 6116° cool | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 8429° warm | 7021° mild | 5915° cool | 373° cold | 23-5° freezing |
Real | 27-3° freezing | 21-6° freezing | 373° very cold | 5614° cool | 6116° cool | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7926° warm | 7021° mild | 5915° cool | 405° very cold | 28-2° freezing |
Humidity | damp 75% | nice 69% | nice 62% | nice 62% | nice 61% | nice 69% | nice 78% | nice 80% | nice 75% | damp 82% | damp 73% | damp 72% |
Rain | rainy 56mm | rainy 64mm | rainy 70mm | rainy 50mm | rainy 55mm | rainy 112mm | rainy 132mm | rainy 59mm | rainy 150mm | rainy 98mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 75mm |
Cloud | cloudy 76% | cloudy 60% | pockets 43% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 63% | pockets 45% | pockets 47% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 71% |
Air quality | clean 28 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 371 people | 267 people | 257 people | 467 people | 400 people | 289 people | 325 people | 475 people | 309 people | 550 people | 240 people | 325 people |
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Spent two years in Montreal. I have zero regrets and it was a lot of fun for a few years, but ultimately needed to leave. Pros: -Good variety of nightlife and activities. From clubs to cool bars to strip clubs, you can find it in Montreal. Drinking here is quite cheap. -Population feels very young in the city center due to multiple large universities. Other areas around are also full of young professionals. Lots of cool trendy areas. -Work to live not live to work attitudes. People in Montrea
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 24✈️13min$3,696 / mo16Mbps×I'd avoid Toronto. Weather is miserable for 4-5 months a year. Nightlife is average. Taxes are high. Every conversation with someone from here devolves into how expensive it is (and honestly, it's not particularily expensive... compared to other large english speaking cities). Transit isn't great. City doesn't feel particularily well planned. If you want to live in a cold city, then go to Montreal or Berlin.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 76😷✈️28min$3,628 / mo19Mbps×Being born there, it's hard to be objective, as most exciting stuff looks dull and tired. But walking in the old town and looking at the castle always makes me feel proud. The city is very cheap considering the living standard (and comparing to other similar Canadian cities). Internet speed are incredibly high and stable even in cheap coffee shops. The coworking scene, either in coffee shops or dedicated workplaces is very interesting. In winter, it gets WAY too cold, but the coldest period last
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 25✈️30min$2,719 / mo17Mbps×I'd avoid Toronto. Weather is miserable for 4-5 months a year. Nightlife is average. Taxes are high. Every conversation with someone from here devolves into how expensive it is (and honestly, it's not particularily expensive... compared to other large english speaking cities). Transit isn't great. City doesn't feel particularily well planned. If you want to live in a cold city, then go to Montreal or Berlin.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 76😷✈️28min$3,628 / mo19Mbps×Spent two years in Montreal. I have zero regrets and it was a lot of fun for a few years, but ultimately needed to leave. Pros: -Good variety of nightlife and activities. From clubs to cool bars to strip clubs, you can find it in Montreal. Drinking here is quite cheap. -Population feels very young in the city center due to multiple large universities. Other areas around are also full of young professionals. Lots of cool trendy areas. -Work to live not live to work attitudes. People in Montrea
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 24✈️13min$3,696 / mo16Mbps×Being born there, it's hard to be objective, as most exciting stuff looks dull and tired. But walking in the old town and looking at the castle always makes me feel proud. The city is very cheap considering the living standard (and comparing to other similar Canadian cities). Internet speed are incredibly high and stable even in cheap coffee shops. The coworking scene, either in coffee shops or dedicated workplaces is very interesting. In winter, it gets WAY too cold, but the coldest period last
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 25✈️30min$2,719 / mo17Mbps×A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 30✈️8h$5,931 / mo14Mbps×I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 35✈️43min$5,771 / mo34Mbps×I think the reviews here a bit overly negative. It's true it's a city with a not of nightlife or activity, but that's not why people move to Vancouver. You move to Vancouver if you want a relaxed lifestyle with beautiful nature and access to the outdoors, fresh air, and a good climate (by Canadian standards), without having to give up on the comforts of a city-lifestyle. While it's expensive, you mostly get quality. My rental is not that much more expensive than I paid in many european cities,
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 10✈️5h$4,849 / mo16Mbps×I cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 45° 113° 32° 89°🥵AQI 53✈️18h$1,262 / mo26Mbps×Havana is great for a vacation, not for remote work. One of the best thing here is the atmosphere - it means people, music, fun, nightlife. BUT the situation with food is very complicated, is hard to find literally anything, there are queues everywhere. The internet is expensive (2.5 GB of LTE for 8 dollars) and very unstable. If you don't need so much internet to your work and if you are patient enough, you can enjoy Havana as it is really interesting and unique city.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 35° 95° 29° 84°🥵AQI 35✈️3h$1,549 / mo5Mbps×I would say the cost of living in Winnipeg is pretty accurately represented. I live here, and honestly, it's a decent cheap Canadian capital, I can live while doing my hobby here, and sharing a house. It could be a lot worse if you're thinking of coming to Canada for a while, rent can be found relatively low cost and utilities are cheap too. Meals vary, of course the locals know where the good cheap places are, I like the $5 tacos at BMC market. It is flat and very cold in the winter so do be pr
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 30° 86° 29° 85°AQI 5✈️2h$2,620 / mo16Mbps×Amazing city for a week or two. Really beautiful and tons to do. Loved walking around the streets when I wasn't working!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 30° 86° 28° 82°AQI 2✈️8h$2,334 / mo35Mbps×How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 34✈️7h$5,108 / mo14Mbps×Spent two years in Montreal. I have zero regrets and it was a lot of fun for a few years, but ultimately needed to leave. Pros: -Good variety of nightlife and activities. From clubs to cool bars to strip clubs, you can find it in Montreal. Drinking here is quite cheap. -Population feels very young in the city center due to multiple large universities. Other areas around are also full of young professionals. Lots of cool trendy areas. -Work to live not live to work attitudes. People in Montrea
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 24✈️13min$3,696 / mo🌇 Also went here87 people×I'd avoid Toronto. Weather is miserable for 4-5 months a year. Nightlife is average. Taxes are high. Every conversation with someone from here devolves into how expensive it is (and honestly, it's not particularily expensive... compared to other large english speaking cities). Transit isn't great. City doesn't feel particularily well planned. If you want to live in a cold city, then go to Montreal or Berlin.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 76😷✈️28min$3,628 / mo🌇 Also went here108 people×Being born there, it's hard to be objective, as most exciting stuff looks dull and tired. But walking in the old town and looking at the castle always makes me feel proud. The city is very cheap considering the living standard (and comparing to other similar Canadian cities). Internet speed are incredibly high and stable even in cheap coffee shops. The coworking scene, either in coffee shops or dedicated workplaces is very interesting. In winter, it gets WAY too cold, but the coldest period last
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 25✈️30min$2,719 / mo🌇 Also went here47 people×I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 35✈️43min$5,771 / mo🌇 Also went here82 people×I grew up in Chicago and still return fairly often. I love the character of the different neighborhoods, the variety of architectural styles, and as others have said, the food scene is incredible. It's easy to make friends in the suburbs, perhaps not so much in the city itself. I have never witnessed racial tension here, and have been pleasantly surprised by the interracial friendliness I have observed. There are a wonderful selection of forests and parks just about everywhere, and the museu
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 50✈️1h$4,649 / mo🌇 Also went here55 people×Las Vegas is a great tourist destination for me personally. The strip contains every amenities that I need and also there is a lot of stuff to do there without going away from the strip. Las Vegas is inside of a desert so expect it to be really hot in the summer. Otherwise than that, the strip located in Vegas has many things to do, from going to concerts, fancy restaurants, gambling (if that's your thing), attractions (stratosphere, high roller), entertainments, and so many more things to do th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 37° 99° 36° 96°🥵AQI 44✈️5h$3,838 / mo🌇 Also went here48 people×I think the reviews here a bit overly negative. It's true it's a city with a not of nightlife or activity, but that's not why people move to Vancouver. You move to Vancouver if you want a relaxed lifestyle with beautiful nature and access to the outdoors, fresh air, and a good climate (by Canadian standards), without having to give up on the comforts of a city-lifestyle. While it's expensive, you mostly get quality. My rental is not that much more expensive than I paid in many european cities,
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 10✈️5h$4,849 / mo🌇 Also went here49 people×I spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 31° 88° 29° 85°AQI 60✈️5h$4,830 / mo🌇 Also went here60 people×How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 46✈️5h$6,986 / mo🌇 Also went here49 people×How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 34✈️7h$5,108 / mo🌇 Also went here58 people×A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 30✈️8h$5,931 / mo🌇 Also went here57 people×Lived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 56✈️8h$4,499 / mo🌇 Also went here53 people×I cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 45° 113° 32° 89°🥵AQI 53✈️18h$1,262 / mo🌇 Also went here60 people×Like everywhere, Singapore has pros and cons. // Pros: // Everything works very well, it's clean, you can use the trains and transport system with a bank card, Grab taxis are efficient and safe, the airport is amazing // Everyone speaks English // Population seems well educated and cosmopolitan // There are lots of parks and green spaces. // Cons: // It's very expensive. For what you get it feels overpriced compared to most Western countries for example. // It's hot and very, very humid. Unti
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 84°🥵AQI 17✈️20h$3,769 / mo🌇 Also went here53 people×Amazing city. Absolutely loved it. Yes, expensive sooooo worth it! I was only here for 5 days but absolutely hooked and will be coming back.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 6✈️21h$4,007 / mo🌇 Also went here49 people×