Moving to Kansas City from Canada

Links about moving to Kansas City

• Cost Of Living in Kansas City

• City of Kansas City
• Missouri State Government
• Missouri Office of Motor Vehicles

• Importing a vehicle from Canada
• USA Visa and Immigration
• US Health Care

• Education: Elementary, Middle and High School
• Rockhurst University
• University of Missouri-Kansas City

• AREA CODEs for Kansas City, Missouri are 816 and 975

Tips For Moving to Kansas City

   1. The best months to move to Kansas City are September through October. Leave Canada late summer for a move in then.

      Moving in November through March can be problematic because of winter conditions, snow and ice storms occurring from December through April. March to June sees warm humid air coming up from the Gulf to meet colder air from the north. Frequent storms result. They have contributed to serious flooding and frequent tornadoes. As part of Tornado Alley, there are 2 or 3 dozen tornadoes annually. In 2019 there were 12 consecutive days with at least 8 tornadoes reported.

      Summer temperatures exceed 100 °F (i.e. 38 °C) a few days each year, 90 °F (32 °C) on almost 50 days each year. At the same time, moisture from the Gulf of Mexico drives up the humidity levels making life difficult July through August..

   2. Kansas City is located about 8 hours drive time from Chicago. There are no mountains your shipment will need to pass over. It is a long flat road all the way to the middle of America and a dependable delivery on move in day.

Relocating to Kansas City

   There are about half a million Kansas Citians who make up the base of its two and a half million metropolitan community.

   Stay on top of your moving decisions.
Monitor changing COVID coverage in the Kansas City local newspapers and media.

   With over 200 neigbourhoods Kansas City offers options for living and enjoying the "Paris of the Plains".
   Further Kansas City life includes both Missouri and Kansas as the overall community that includes Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City Kansas. Besides a community on both sides of the state border it engulfs the meeting of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers.

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