| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.83/5 (Rank #889)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,807 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 26 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 8°C47°F (feels 6°C43°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 84%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😊 High: 64%
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 17 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Great |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 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 |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Okay |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | Canada |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 26 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 8°C 47°F + 💦 Damp (84%) = feels 6°C 43°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 18 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.33 |
| 🏧 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 | $3,807 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,605 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,185 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,482 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,426 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,658 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,226 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $718,357 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $114 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $120 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $194 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $13 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $7,330 / 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+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Very expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
439° cold |
236° cold |
745° cold |
1152° cool |
1457° cool |
1864° cool |
2170° mild |
2068° mild |
1661° cool |
1050° cold |
745° cold |
134° cold |
| Real (median) |
541°
very cold |
438°
very cold |
745°
cold |
1152°
cool |
1457°
cool |
1864°
cool |
2170°
mild |
2068°
mild |
1661°
cool |
1049°
cold |
745°
cold |
236°
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 79% |
damp 77% |
damp 73% |
nice 68% |
damp 71% |
nice 67% |
nice 70% |
nice 73% |
damp 79% |
damp 82% |
damp 83% |
damp 78% |
| 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 | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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