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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 820 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 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* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 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 | 16 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 26 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 11°C 53°F + 😊 Comfy (69%) = feels 11°C 52°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 53 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 25 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Fairfield |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Ivanhoe |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 AUD in USD | USD 7.09 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | AUD 100 = USD 71 |
| 💸 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 | 3,600,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $54,069 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| 🏞 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 | $5,279 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,202 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $7,664 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,190 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,356 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,821 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,709 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $641,297 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $63 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $224 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $390 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $18 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $10 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $32,101 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $47 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $9,580 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $27,512 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $91,425 |
✅ Lots to do
✅ Good food
✅ Fast internet
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ 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
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2272° mild |
2272° mild |
2068° mild |
1763° cool |
1457° cool |
1355° cool |
1152° cool |
1355° cool |
1559° cool |
1661° cool |
1661° cool |
2170° mild |
| Real (median) |
2272°
mild |
2272°
mild |
1966°
mild |
1762°
cool |
1457°
cool |
1456°
cool |
1254°
cool |
1456°
cool |
1660°
cool |
1661°
cool |
1661°
cool |
2068°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 65% |
nice 66% |
nice 69% |
damp 70% |
damp 74% |
damp 80% |
damp 79% |
damp 76% |
damp 73% |
nice 69% |
nice 69% |
nice 65% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 52mm |
dry 28mm |
dry 45mm |
dry 34mm |
rainy 53mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 37mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 65mm |
dry 29mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 56% |
| Air quality |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
| Remote workers | 3,669 people | 4,484 people | 3,821 people | 3,167 people | 3,200 people | 2,250 people | 2,133 people | 2,682 people | 2,914 people | 2,733 people | 3,600 people | 4,445 people |
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