⭐️ Total score | 2.94/5 (Rank #259) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,415 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 19Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Freezing : -1°C31°F (feels -6°C21°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 88% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 26 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 29 US AQI |
👌 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 |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | Canada |
⏱ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 19 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌫 -1°C 31°F + 💦 Damp (88%) = feels -6°C 21°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 26 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 29.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | University |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Sandwich South |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.51 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 75 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Downtown Accelerator |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Pony Ride |
☕️ Best coffee place | The Coffee Exchange |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 220,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
🏞 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 | Windsor Regional Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,415 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,001 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,648 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,328 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,000 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,724 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,005 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $140 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $57 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $159 / month |
🍛 Dinner | 0 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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+
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 30-1° freezing | 16-9° freezing | 468° cold | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 8831° hot | 8429° warm | 9032° hot | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 415° cold | 362° cold |
Real | 341° very cold | 23-5° freezing | 489° cold | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 8127° warm | 7926° warm | 8228° very warm | 7323° mild | 6820° mild | 447° cold | 394° very cold |
Humidity | damp 79% | damp 74% | nice 59% | nice 64% | nice 58% | sweaty 79% | nice 80% | sweaty 82% | nice 70% | nice 81% | nice 70% | damp 76% |
Rain | dry 38mm | dry 49mm | rainy 55mm | rainy 55mm | rainy 59mm | rainy 135mm | rainy 136mm | rainy 70mm | rainy 111mm | rainy 122mm | dry 42mm | rainy 70mm |
Cloud | cloudy 81% | cloudy 70% | pockets 34% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 55% | pockets 47% | pockets 46% | pockets 39% | pockets 34% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 75% |
Air quality | clean 35 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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