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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 161 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | Australia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 26 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 30°C 86°F + 🥵 Sweaty (79%) = feels 37°C 99°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 26 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 AUD in USD | USD 6.84 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | AUD 100 = USD 68 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Caffiend |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 150,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $65,130 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 77% 👱♀️ 23% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Kogan |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Virgin Australia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Qantas |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Cairns Private Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,222 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,743 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for couple | $7,525 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,557 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,873 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,519 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,232 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,420 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $424,333 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $118 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $204 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $270 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $17 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $13,688 / year |
| 🚕 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 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3188° hot |
2577° warm |
2373° mild |
2272° mild |
2373° mild |
2272° mild |
2373° mild |
2882° warm |
3086° warm |
3188° hot |
| Real (median) |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2577°
warm |
2373°
mild |
2272°
mild |
2373°
mild |
2272°
mild |
2373°
mild |
2679°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 85% |
nice 85% |
nice 82% |
nice 82% |
nice 79% |
nice 78% |
nice 74% |
nice 73% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 77% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 256mm |
rainy 271mm |
rainy 111mm |
rainy 106mm |
dry 36mm |
dry 33mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 31mm |
dry 23mm |
dry 3mm |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 176mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 53% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
| Remote workers | 814 people | 857 people | 1,000 people | 1,200 people | 840 people | 950 people | 840 people | 975 people | 771 people | 1,000 people | 960 people | 900 people |
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