⭐️ Total score |
2.44/5 (Rank #320)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Good |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,270 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 33Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 9°C48°F (feels 8°C46°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 78%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 17 US AQI
|
👌 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 |
Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
👩 Female friendly |
Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | Canada |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 33 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 9°C 48°F + 💦 Damp (78%) = feels 8°C 46°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 18 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.27 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 73 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Sumas Mountain |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ 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 | Abbotsford Regional Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,270 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,194 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,144 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,470 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,080 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,068 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,217 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $97 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $68 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $192 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $13 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $7,272 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $33 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
💰 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
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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+
❌ Too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp 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 |
39
4° cold |
36
2° cold |
45
7° cold |
52
11° cool |
57
14° cool |
64
18° cool |
70
21° mild |
68
20° mild |
61
16° cool |
50
10° cold |
45
7° cold |
34
1° cold |
Real |
41
5°
very cold |
38
4°
very cold |
45
7°
cold |
52
11°
cool |
57
14°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
70
21°
mild |
68
20°
mild |
61
16°
cool |
49
10°
cold |
45
7°
cold |
36
2°
very cold |
Humidity |
nice 40% |
nice 39% |
nice 37% |
nice 34% |
nice 36% |
nice 34% |
nice 35% |
nice 37% |
nice 39% |
nice 41% |
nice 41% |
nice 39% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
rainy 252mm |
rainy 196mm |
rainy 135mm |
rainy 53mm |
rainy 107mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 34mm |
rainy 105mm |
rainy 201mm |
rainy 289mm |
rainy 259mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 52% |
Air quality |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 24 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 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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