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| ⭐️ Total score | 200 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community 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* | |
| 🚶 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) | 23 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 8°C 47°F + 😊 Comfy (42%) = feels 6°C 43°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 11 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 21 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Manchester Industrial |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Beltline |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.15 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 71 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Assembly |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | AcceleratorYYC |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,200,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 81% 👱♀️ 19% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Best Buy |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | rRentfaster |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | West Jet |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Canada |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,557 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,255 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,358 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,531 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,526 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,757 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,192 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $407,778 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $71 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $58 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $453 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $16 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $17,680 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $45 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,825 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $34,643 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $109,369 |
✅ Very clean
✅ Good outdoor activities
✅ Excellent infrastructure
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Perfect humidity 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
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Cold climate
❌ Weak economy
❌ Difficult social scene
❌ Car dependent
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ 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) | -3°C / 27°F freezing | -8°C / 18°F freezing | 4°C / 39°F cold | 9°C / 48°F cold | 12°C / 54°F cool | 22°C / 72°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 21°C / 70°F mild | 18°C / 64°F cool | 9°C / 48°F cold | 2°C / 36°F cold | -11°C / 12°F freezing |
| Real (median) |
-1°C / 31°F
freezing |
-6°C / 22°F
freezing |
5°C / 41°F
very cold |
10°C / 49°F
cold |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
22°C / 71°F
mild |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
21°C / 69°F
mild |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
10°C / 50°F
cold |
4°C / 39°F
very cold |
-8°C / 18°F
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 62% |
nice 61% |
nice 60% |
nice 52% |
nice 58% |
nice 57% |
nice 65% |
nice 59% |
nice 53% |
nice 56% |
nice 60% |
nice 59% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 15mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 23mm |
dry 27mm |
rainy 69mm |
rainy 57mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 65mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 29mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 18mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 30% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 44% |
| Air quality |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
| Remote workers | 289 people | 275 people | 333 people | 360 people | 527 people | 545 people | 753 people | 529 people | 618 people | 480 people | 333 people | 429 people |
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