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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 4 reviews |
| 👍 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 | |
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 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 |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 34 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 21°C 70°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 29 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.24 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 72 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | The Creative Space |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Tip & Sip |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 110,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Best Buy |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | West Jet |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Canada |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,153 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,057 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,228 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,779 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,095 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,257 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,470 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $557,535 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $98 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $140 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $217 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $14 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $18,102 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $43 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / trip |
| 💰 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
✅ Warm now
✅ 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
✅ Very family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ 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) |
-621° freezing |
-818° freezing |
-032° freezing |
541° cold |
1457° cool |
2170° mild |
2272° mild |
2373° mild |
1966° mild |
1457° cool |
236° cold |
-327° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-425°
freezing |
-621°
freezing |
134°
very cold |
642°
very cold |
1457°
cool |
2170°
mild |
2271°
mild |
2373°
mild |
1864°
cool |
1456°
cool |
337°
very cold |
-130°
freezing |
| Humidity |
damp 88% |
damp 85% |
damp 77% |
damp 75% |
damp 70% |
nice 71% |
nice 75% |
nice 74% |
damp 75% |
damp 83% |
damp 82% |
damp 85% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 45mm |
dry 42mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 72mm |
dry 48mm |
rainy 91mm |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 84mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 53mm |
rainy 73mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 63% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 43% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 83% |
| Air quality |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 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 | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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