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| ⭐️ Overall score | 227 reviews |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | Canada |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (73%) = feels 23°C 73°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 12 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 18 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | City Centre |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Guildford |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Wind |
| 💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 8.09 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 81 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Beta Collective |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cuatro Coffee |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Blenz Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 520,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $42,154 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 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 | Surrey Memorial Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,638 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,660 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,653 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,044 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $809 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $162 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,039 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $96 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (376 listings) | $2,010 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $66 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $8 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ 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+
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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| Feels | 457° cold | 362° cold | 5211° cool | 5513° cool | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 6619° mild | 5513° cool | 5211° cool | 457° cold |
| Real | 468° cold | 384° very cold | 5211° cool | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 6820° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 6418° cool | 5513° cool | 5211° cool | 457° cold |
| Humidity | damp 73% | nice 62% | nice 64% | damp 72% | nice 70% | nice 68% | nice 71% | nice 71% | nice 79% | damp 75% | damp 77% | damp 80% |
| Rain | rainy 84mm | dry 43mm | dry 25mm | rainy 55mm | dry 19mm | rainy 58mm | dry 39mm | dry 28mm | rainy 95mm | rainy 73mm | rainy 54mm | rainy 75mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 61% | cloudy 53% | pockets 39% | cloudy 54% | pockets 32% | pockets 38% | pockets 33% | pockets 33% | pockets 44% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 77% |
| Air quality | clean 20 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
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