3.16/5
723 reviews
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Melbourne

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Melbourne is a fun and cute compact city. There are so many fun things to do here such as visit is beaches, go to its theme parks out of the CBD area. Its city CBD is so much fun as well. You can visit the Queen Victoria market which is the largest outdoors market in the world! You can also visit Federation Square which is a beautiful park on the edge of the CBD, and you can visit the Eureka Skydeck and Australia 108 which are the tallest buildings in Australia if you exclude the antenna from the Gold Coast's Q1 tower. If you are into surfing, there are surf beaches about a 1-2 hour drive out of the Melbourne area at the nearest.
Melbourne is a really good city to reside in if you like fun, but of course it does come with a cost. Melbourne is the 6th most expensive city in the world according to recent reports.
Overall, an awesome city

3 years ago

Not cheap, but you get what you're paying for. Really nice, comfortable city, not too dirty or crowded, awesome food, and lots to do

5 years ago

Expensive, but possibly the most amazing city on earth.

6 years ago

Nomaded here for 2 weeks in September 2018. It was really good! It's definitely not cheap (on par with Singapore/Paris/etc), but it has everything needed for nomads: coworking spaces, 4g, lots of cafes with good wifi. The food is really good, there are many things to do. I didn't have any issues with my Ru debit card anywhere. I'd say it's a good destination.

6 years ago

✅ Good for nomads

✅ Lots of coworking spaces

✅ Good food

✅ Many activities to do

✅ Fun and compact city

✅ Beautiful parks

✅ Access to beaches

✅ Comfortable living environment

✅ Very safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Lots of fun stuff to do

✅ Warm now

✅ Perfect humidity now

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot

✅ Many Nomads.com members here all year round

✅ 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+

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

❌ Expensive

❌ Not cheap

❌ Very expensive

❌ Gets cold in the summer

❌ Difficult to make friends

❌ High alcohol consumption

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels

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Humidity

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Most common

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Cloud

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Air quality

clean
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Sun

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Remote workers

1,157 people

1,412 people

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1,015 people

767 people

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827 people

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1,165 people

1,480 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Not all nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

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Canberra

Australia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety great

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☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 74° AQI 23

✈️37min

$5,681 / mo

16 Mbps

Hobart

Australia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 58°

✈️48min

$4,097 / mo

16 Mbps

Wollongong

Australia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 68° AQI 22

✈️52min

$3,494 / mo

18 Mbps

Adelaide

Australia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety great

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☀️ Feels 18° 64° 18° 65° AQI 21

✈️52min

$4,936 / mo

16 Mbps

Sydney

Australia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71° AQI 62 😷

✈️57min

$3,946 / mo

101 Mbps

Byron Bay

Australia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 76°

✈️2h

$6,817 / mo

16 Mbps

Gold Coast

Australia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 76° AQI 18

✈️2h

$5,797 / mo

16 Mbps

Brisbane

Australia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety great

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🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78° AQI 23

✈️2h

$3,872 / mo

18 Mbps

Queenstown

New Zealand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°

✈️3h

$4,601 / mo

34 Mbps

Wanaka

New Zealand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°

✈️3h

$6,367 / mo

26 Mbps

Dunedin

New Zealand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 14° 57° 15° 59° AQI 15

✈️3h

$4,477 / mo

27 Mbps

Cairns

Australia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 37° 99° 31° 88° 🥵

✈️3h

$4,182 / mo

18 Mbps

Sydney

Australia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71° AQI 62 😷

✈️57min

$3,946 / mo

🌇 Also went here359 people

Canggu, Bali

Indonesia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84° AQI 50

✈️6h

$1,924 / mo

🌇 Also went here198 people

Singapore

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety great

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🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°

✈️8h

$4,584 / mo

🌇 Also went here283 people

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 84° 🥵 AQI 53 😷

✈️8h

$1,363 / mo

🌇 Also went here212 people

Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 35° 95° 32° 90° 🥵 AQI 128 😷

✈️10h

$1,525 / mo

🌇 Also went here342 people

Hong Kong

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°

✈️10h

$3,209 / mo

🌇 Also went here186 people

Chiang Mai

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84° AQI 70 😷

✈️11h

$1,147 / mo

🌇 Also went here252 people

Tokyo

Japan

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety great

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🌥 Feels 10° 50° 11° 52° AQI 25

✈️11h

$3,115 / mo

🌇 Also went here217 people

Berlin

Germany

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 1° 34° 3° 38° AQI 65 😷

✈️21h

$3,529 / mo

🌇 Also went here237 people

Amsterdam

Netherlands

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 4° 39° 6° 42° AQI 53 😷

✈️22h

$5,088 / mo

🌇 Also went here243 people

New York City, NY

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 11° 52° 11° 51°

✈️22h

$7,344 / mo

🌇 Also went here236 people

Paris

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 2° 36° 5° 41° AQI 62 😷

✈️22h

$4,742 / mo

🌇 Also went here260 people

Barcelona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌧 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50° AQI 50

✈️22h

$3,795 / mo

🌇 Also went here248 people

London

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46° AQI 25

✈️23h

$5,522 / mo

🌇 Also went here314 people

Lisbon

Portugal

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 53° AQI 3

✈️24h

$3,044 / mo

🌇 Also went here233 people

2,800 remote workers in Melbourne now, of which 9+ members checked in (some members are set to private)

Members who will be here soon

Members who have been here

Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Not all nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

⭐️ Total score	3.16/5 (Rank #15) 723 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍11 liked it 👎1 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Good
👶 Family score	Good
🎒 Community score	Good
💵 Cost	🧐 Pricey: $3,673 / mo
📡 Internet	🙂 Good: 16Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Great
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🌞 Perfect: 22°C72°F (feels 22°C72°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 59%
💨 Air quality (now)	🌱 Great: 39 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	🌱 Great: 25 US AQI
👌 Safety	Great
🤮 Food safety*	Great
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Great
🤝 Lack of racism*	Good
🎓 Education level*	Very high
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Great
💰 Income level*	Very high: $4,506 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Great
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Good
🧳 Lost luggage*	Good
🏥 Hospitals	Great
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Good
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Great
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Good
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Good
👩 Female friendly	Great
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly	Great
🎅 Startup Score	Okay

🌍 Continent	Oceania
🚩 Country	Australia
🗓️ Average trip length	16 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	16 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌥 22°C 72°F + 😊 Comfy (59%) = feels 22°C 72°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👍 39 US AQI 🍃 OK
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👍 25 US AQI
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay	Carlton
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood	South Melbourne
🚕 Best taxi app*	Uber
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 10 AUD in USD	USD 6.42
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	AUD 100 = USD 64
💸 Tipping	No
💳 Cashless	💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere
💻 Best coworking space	Hub Australia
💻 Best alt. coworking space	Electron Workshop
☕️ Best coffee place	1000 Pound Bend
☕️ Best alt. coffee place	Penny Farthing Espresso
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place	Cat Cafe
🚰 Tap water	👌 Yes, safe to drink
♻️ Return rate	👍13% of visitors return
📸 Visitors per year	2,782,700 visitors
📸 Tourists now	53,330 tourists
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	4,200,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$54,069 / year
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 48% 👱‍♀️ 52%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 54% 👱‍♀️ 46%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 79% 👱‍♀️ 21%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
💻 Online electronics shop	Kogan
🏠 Apartment listings	GumTree
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	Jetstar
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Qantas
🏥 Best hospital	Melbourne Private Hospital

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$3,673 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$2,569 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$5,638 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$1,611 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$1,753 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$3,036 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$1,284 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$82 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$100 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$353 / month
🍛 Dinner	$13
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$2
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$6
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$3
👩‍🏫 International school	$20,403 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$43 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$7 / trip
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000	$9,580
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000	$27,512
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000	$91,425