⭐️ Total score | 1.97/5 (Rank #1190) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $7,725 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 46Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 9°C49°F (feels 8°C46°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 26% |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Great |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,513 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | Canada |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 46 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 9°C 49°F + 🌵 Too dry (26%) = feels 8°C 46°F |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.30 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 73 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,800 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 74% 👱♀️ 26% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Best Buy |
🏠 Apartment listings | rRentfaster |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Canada |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $7,725 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $5,676 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,016 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,719 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,615 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $13,925 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $3,979 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $169 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $457 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $219 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $24 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $22 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $12 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 18-8° freezing | 23-5° freezing | 27-3° freezing | 0° freezing | 436° cold | 436° cold | 6317° cool | 5915° cool | 415° cold | 373° cold | 341° cold | 9-13° freezing |
Real | 18-8° freezing | 23-5° freezing | 28-3° freezing | 320° freezing | 426° very cold | 436° very cold | 6317° cool | 5815° cool | 415° very cold | 373° very cold | 331° very cold | 12-11° freezing |
Humidity | nice 34% | nice 31% | too dry 30% | nice 30% | nice 32% | too dry 26% | too dry 26% | too dry 28% | too dry 29% | nice 30% | nice 34% | nice 33% |
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Rain | dry 31mm | dry 26mm | dry 47mm | rainy 59mm | rainy 85mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 66mm | rainy 89mm | dry 44mm | dry 42mm | dry 42mm | dry 30mm |
Cloud | pockets 23% | pockets 32% | pockets 26% | pockets 26% | pockets 32% | pockets 21% | pockets 13% | pockets 29% | pockets 22% | pockets 22% | pockets 32% | pockets 37% |
Air quality | clean 30 US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 13 US AQI |
Remote workers | 257 people | 300 people | 200 people | 250 people | 400 people | 314 people | 350 people | 420 people | 289 people | 360 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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