⭐️ Total score |
2.53/5 (Rank #397)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍4 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Good |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,435 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 24 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 22°C72°F (feels 22°C72°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 68%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😊 High: 64%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 26 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Great |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Great
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$3,513 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | Canada |
🗓️ Average trip length | 10 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 22°C 72°F + 😊 Comfy (68%) = feels 22°C 72°F
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💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 27 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.25 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 72 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | The Dock |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Space Station |
☕️ Best coffee place | Discovery Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍15% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 86,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
🏞 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 | Victoria General Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,435 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,948 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,540 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,869 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,677 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,132 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,545 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $724,414 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $266 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $103 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $18 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $14,027 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $29 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Good weather
✅ Walkable
✅ Close to nature
✅ Active tech scene
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Very expensive
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ High alcohol consumption
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 7°C / 45°F cold | 6°C / 43°F cold | 8°C / 46°F cold | 10°C / 50°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 13°C / 55°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 15°C / 59°F cool | 11°C / 52°F cool | 8°C / 46°F cold | 5°C / 41°F cold |
Real (median) |
7°C / 45°F
cold |
7°C / 44°F
cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
10°C / 50°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
17°C / 62°F
cool |
17°C / 62°F
cool |
15°C / 58°F
cool |
11°C / 52°F
cool |
9°C / 47°F
cold |
6°C / 42°F
very cold |
Humidity |
nice 69% |
damp 72% |
nice 58% |
nice 69% |
damp 74% |
damp 71% |
damp 71% |
damp 74% |
damp 78% |
damp 84% |
damp 84% |
damp 81% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
rainy 147mm |
rainy 94mm |
rainy 64mm |
dry 36mm |
dry 42mm |
dry 31mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 42mm |
rainy 107mm |
rainy 159mm |
rainy 156mm |
Cloud |
pockets 41% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 11% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 41% |
Air quality |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 300 people | 200 people | 267 people | 267 people | 289 people | 291 people | 367 people | 400 people | 444 people | 267 people | 267 people | 320 people |
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