Climate
Calgary logs 3 outdoor-dinner months a year to St. John's's 1 — Calgary wins by 2. Calgary also leads on sunny days by 90.
Calgary
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
St. John's
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Dinner outside
Cost of Living
Calgary averages $2,741/mo for balanced living; St. John's has no cost baseline yet.
Calgary
$2,741monthly · balanced
Mobility
Calgary scores 2.4 on mobility (0–5 scale); St. John's has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Calgary's culture score of 2.2 sits well above St. John's's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Calgary scores 4.2 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); St. John's has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Calgary scores 3.9 on safety (0–5 scale); St. John's has no safety baseline.
Career
Calgary scores 2.9 on career (0–5 scale); St. John's has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Calgary scores 3.4 on social & community (0–5 scale); St. John's has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Calgary scores 3.2 on food & dining (0–5 scale); St. John's has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Calgary scores 3.2 on family (0–5 scale); St. John's has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Calgary scores 2.0 on healthcare (0–5 scale); St. John's has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Calgary averages 8.1 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus St. John's's 5.1 µg/m³ (good) — St. John's breathes ~37% cleaner air (3.0 µg/m³ lower).
Calgary
St. John's
PM2.5 annual average
WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Calgary (1.5M) and St. John's (75K) are 20x in population — Calgary is the larger metro, St. John's the smaller; on land area Calgary spans roughly 16x more ground.
Calgary is roughly 18x the scale of St. John's
Combined population & area comparison
CalgarySt. John'sCity Scale Rankings
Calgary1.5M20xSt. John's75K1xCalgary533 km²16xSt. John's33 km²1xCalgary
St. John's
Who Thrives Here
Calgary is the stronger fit for the english speaker. Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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