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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 162 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | Canada |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 13 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 26 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 24°C 75°F + 😊 Comfy (74%) = feels 24°C 75°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 46 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 21 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Cummings |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | East Industrial |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.18 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 72 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | @TheSpace |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | HUB Ottawa |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 930,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 24x24m (576m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 87% 👱♀️ 13% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Best Buy |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | West Jet |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Canada |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,018 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,673 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,610 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,603 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,126 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,527 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,262 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $480,835 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $146 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $116 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $86 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $13 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $19,287 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $60 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
| Sales tax (VAT/GST) | 13% |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,825 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $34,643 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $109,369 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Very clean
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ 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
✅ Very family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Harsh winters
❌ Issues with homelessness and drug abuse in downtown
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
-523° freezing |
-916° freezing |
134° cold |
1254° cool |
1763° cool |
2475° warm |
2373° mild |
2984° warm |
2068° mild |
1559° cool |
236° cold |
-523° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-327°
freezing |
-621°
freezing |
337°
very cold |
1355°
cool |
1661°
cool |
2474°
warm |
2373°
mild |
2679°
warm |
1966°
mild |
1558°
cool |
439°
very cold |
-228°
freezing |
| Humidity |
damp 75% |
nice 69% |
nice 62% |
nice 62% |
nice 61% |
nice 69% |
nice 78% |
nice 80% |
nice 75% |
damp 82% |
damp 73% |
damp 72% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 55mm |
rainy 64mm |
rainy 73mm |
dry 50mm |
rainy 54mm |
rainy 107mm |
rainy 117mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 80mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 47% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 45% |
| Air quality |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,062 people | 943 people | 709 people | 1,200 people | 1,457 people | 1,400 people | 1,700 people | 1,527 people | 1,246 people | 1,275 people | 1,029 people | 1,400 people |
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