⭐️ Total score | 3.15/5 (Rank #167) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,487 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 16Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 28°C82°F (feels 30°C86°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 66% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 19 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 24 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | High: $3,513 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | Canada |
⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 16 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 28°C 82°F + 😊 Comfy (66%) = feels 30°C 86°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 19 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 24.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Wind |
💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.74 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 77 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Stone's Throw Coffee House |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 220,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Best Buy |
🏠 Apartment listings | Kijiji |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | West Jet |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Canada |
🏥 Best hospital | Regina General Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,487 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,601 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,774 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,078 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $774 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $108 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,703 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $80 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 21 listings) | $1,572 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $52 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $9 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Very 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+
❌ 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 | 18-8° freezing | -9-23° freezing | 341° cold | 457° cold | 5513° cool | 7323° mild | 8228° warm | 7222° mild | 6619° mild | 489° cold | 28-2° freezing | 3-16° freezing |
Real | 25-4° freezing | 2-17° freezing | 394° very cold | 489° cold | 5714° cool | 7323° mild | 8127° warm | 7222° mild | 6619° mild | 5010° cold | 341° very cold | 12-11° freezing |
Humidity | damp 71% | nice 59% | nice 68% | nice 50% | nice 42% | nice 54% | nice 57% | nice 64% | nice 50% | nice 61% | damp 71% | nice 62% |
Rain | dry 23mm | dry 13mm | dry 27mm | dry 31mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 71mm | dry 15mm | rainy 70mm | dry 12mm | dry 32mm | dry 18mm | dry 18mm |
Cloud | cloudy 68% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 60% | pockets 42% | pockets 40% | pockets 38% | pockets 18% | pockets 41% | pockets 33% | pockets 33% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 64% |
Air quality | clean 21 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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I live in Saskatoon. It's brutally cold in the winter--do not visit. That said, it's cheap and gorgeous in the summer (May to September). Temperatures usually are between 20 and 30 Celsius during the day, and the sky is almost always clear. The sunsets are gorgeous, and there is a riverbank corridor that runs through the city where you can walk for 20 kilometres along the river and never cross a street (it's called the Meewasin... If you like nature, you will want to book a place near it).
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 32° 90° 30° 87°🥵AQI 51✈️19min$2,466 / mo17Mbps×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 goodTap to open🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 32✈️43min$2,577 / mo16Mbps×Nice clean city with lots to do if you're into sports and outdoor activities. Pretty good rec leagues (hockey, baseball, etc.) and probably the only city in North America with a full motocross track in the city centre. Also have kart racing nearby (Strathmore) and indoor/outdoor skydiving. Also lots of mountain biking, rock climbing, and hiking within a short drive (Maclean Creek, Drumheller, mountains). Obviously great snowboarding and skiing both in the city (Canadian Olympic Park) and nearby
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 28° 82° 27° 80°AQI 11✈️53min$3,137 / mo16Mbps×Compared to other Canadian cities rent is affordable, but it's unfortunately such a depressive place to live, due to the harsh and long winters. You get about 2-3 months of fantastic weather, and between 5-8 months of absolutely oppressive cold. It has some decent local culture for its size, but a distinct lack of fun nightlife. Public transit is absolutely horrendous. People can be a bit close-minded. Quality of life is otherwise comparable to other big NA cities. Taxes are on the low side. It'
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 19✈️56min$2,298 / mo17Mbps×Rome has tourist fatigue. Servers are curt and it's hard to find a decent restaurant.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌤 Feels 42° 108° 33° 92°🥵AQI 59✈️11h$4,808 / mo13Mbps×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 goodTap to open🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 32✈️43min$2,577 / mo16Mbps×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 mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 28° 82° 26° 80°AQI 21✈️3h$3,555 / mo16Mbps×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 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 30✈️2h$5,873 / mo46Mbps×Great for a visit. Beautiful scenery. Good food. I thought it would be great to live here, start a startup and be in the same time zone as SF, close to Seattle, etc. But compared to Vancouver in 2009, one big change that totally ruined it for me: Absolute zombie apocalypse of drug addicts and shouting/violent home less people. It was shockingly bad. The locals often visibly carry naxalone (anti-overdose medicine, I learned) because there are so many people overdosing in the street. Police were n
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 15✈️2h$4,450 / mo16Mbps×I've been to Bangkok for almost two weeks now and I can't understand comments about the lack of soul or everything being on sale. Sure, there are some sketchy parts like massage parlour touts and an occasional ladyboy here and there, but overall my impression is that it's just a regular big city with some clear advantages. Coming from Central Europe, I find everybody to be very calm and polite. Some may argue it's just a facade and fair enough, but I prefer a calm and kind facade over cold and i
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌤 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 70✈️17h$1,273 / mo19Mbps×Seattle is a great city, especially if you like nature, there are plenty of outdoor activities to do all year round. People are generally open-minded and friendly. The cost of living is high but it allows you to be able to afford other places on earth easily if you can find a job here. You can also find plenty of good restaurants and arts around in the city. I recommend to stay at least 3-6 months to get the feel of living a PNW life.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 38✈️2h$4,830 / mo🌇 Also went here3 people×Great for a visit. Beautiful scenery. Good food. I thought it would be great to live here, start a startup and be in the same time zone as SF, close to Seattle, etc. But compared to Vancouver in 2009, one big change that totally ruined it for me: Absolute zombie apocalypse of drug addicts and shouting/violent home less people. It was shockingly bad. The locals often visibly carry naxalone (anti-overdose medicine, I learned) because there are so many people overdosing in the street. Police were n
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 15✈️2h$4,450 / mo🌇 Also went here5 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 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 30✈️2h$5,873 / mo🌇 Also went here4 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 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 15✈️3h$6,332 / mo🌇 Also went here4 people×Very clean city. Internet varies from medium fast to high speed. Public transport is improving greatly. Personal liberties are high, very safe for women and LGBT folk, not that expensive. Winters can be tough.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 25✈️3h$2,709 / mo🌇 Also went here3 people×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 mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 28° 82° 26° 80°AQI 21✈️3h$3,555 / mo🌇 Also went here5 people×I really enjoyed my trip to DC for one week. I did NOT feel comfortable walking around many places alone because there are a lot of mentally ill/drugged out people. During daylight with other people I felt fine. There are soo many restaurants, interesting boutique gyms, cool libraries and more. The variety you can find in DC is closer to NYC than you can find most places. The memorials are pretty cool. There are a lot of free museums which are impressive. I liked the Lincoln Memorial/Gettysburg
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 22✈️3h$5,061 / mo🌇 Also went here3 people×I've been to New Orleans plenty of time as a tourist, but this is my first time being a digital nomad and working down here for 3 weeks. Something about New Orleans always brings me back. Such a unique and one-of-a-kind place that while has gotten more expensive over the years, still is far more affordable than many places in the US. A lot of cheap good fun to have here and some amazing food. I will admit your safety factor will depend heavily on the area you're staying at.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 42° 108° 33° 92°🥵AQI 36✈️3h$4,117 / mo🌇 Also went here4 people×For a European capital, there's not much to do. It's extremely overpriced for what it offers. Did not find the locals nearly as friendly as sources say. Food is very meh. Grocery stores are disorganized and everything close to expiry. You will have to beg and compete to find a dump of an apartment for under $2,000 euro/month. Maybe quality of life is better in the suburbs, but the city centre and surrounding area is not an attractive place to live. Overall, just avoid. For a similar price, you
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety greatTap to open🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 65°AQI 24✈️8h$5,601 / mo🌇 Also went here3 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 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 68✈️9h$4,867 / mo🌇 Also went here5 people×Pros : * Everyone speaks in English. * Nice people, everyone is helpful. * Great airport, cheap flights. * Nice bars. Cons : * Weather is bad especially during winter, always cloudy, no sun. * Hard to make local friends, people are nice but distant. * Quite expensive to eat outside. * Most of the stores they don't accept Visa and Mastercard, you need to have Maestro card. * Housing is expensive and it's hard to find house.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety greatTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 23✈️9h$4,528 / mo🌇 Also went here3 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 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 50.5✈️9h$4,799 / mo🌇 Also went here4 people×Florence is one of the most beautiful city in the world! Here you have the opportunity to taste real genuine, fresh and organic food and experience great wines (such a Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino, Nobile di Montepulciano, Bolgheri Sassicaia, Ornellaia and much more) ! Think that Italy is the only country in the world where each region produce a different kind of wine with different kind of local grapes. It is a real bless for palate. Italians are friendly and locals even more. Almost e
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 41° 106° 33° 91°🥵AQI 46✈️10h$4,531 / mo🌇 Also went here3 people×Tirana is modern, walkable and seems to have good nightlife while feeling safe (lot of kids, families and women walking around at night). But it is also very crowded of people and cars, there is a lot of garbage and inpleasant smells. I would defenitly prefer the coastal area for a longer stay
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 34° 93° 30° 87°🥵AQI 29✈️11h$1,272 / mo🌇 Also went here3 people×