Calgary logs 181 frost days a year to Victoria's 3 — Victoria wins by 178. Calgary also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.

Calgary runs about $2,741/mo for a balanced lifestyle against Victoria's $2,769/mo — Calgary comes in $28 cheaper each month, roughly 1% less.

On mobility, Victoria scores 3.0 vs Calgary's 2.4 (0–5 scale), with the biggest gap on walkability. Calgary still holds an edge on airport accessibility.

Victoria's culture score of 3.4 sits well above Calgary's 2.2, with the biggest gap on arts & culture.

Victoria's nature & outdoors score of 4.7 sits well above Calgary's 4.2, with the biggest gap on sea access. Calgary still holds an edge on mountain access.

Victoria's safety score of 4.2 sits well above Calgary's 3.9, with the biggest gap on flooding safety. Calgary still holds an edge on earthquake safety.

Calgary's career score of 2.9 sits well above Victoria's 2.3, with the biggest gap on economic scale.

Calgary's social & community score of 3.4 sits well above Victoria's 3.2, with the biggest gap on local-first community. Victoria still holds an edge on expat-first community.

Calgary and Victoria score neck-and-neck on food & dining (3.2 vs 3.4, 0–5 scale).

On family, Calgary scores 3.2 vs Victoria's 2.9 (0–5 scale), with the biggest gap on international schools.

Calgary and Victoria score neck-and-neck on healthcare (2.0 vs 2.0, 0–5 scale).

Calgary averages 8.1 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Victoria's 5.2 µg/m³ (good) — Victoria breathes ~35% cleaner air (2.9 µg/m³ lower).

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