| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.92/5 (Rank #1077)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,752 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 27 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 25°C76°F (feels 25°C77°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 71%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 36 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 27 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Great |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Very high |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Great
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$5,428 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | Australia |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 27 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 25°C 76°F + 😊 Comfy (71%) = feels 25°C 77°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 36 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 28 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 AUD in USD | USD 7.03 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | AUD 100 = USD 70 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Corner Table |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | iAccelerate |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Litani's Wollongong |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Swell Coffee |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Marketview |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 💧 Yes, fluoridated |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 110,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $65,130 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Kogan |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Realestate |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jetstar Airways |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Malasya Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Wollongong Private Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,752 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,144 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,924 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,693 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,907 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $8,391 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,256 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $632,610 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $136 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $275 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $211 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $17 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $20,474 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Very family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ 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) |
2373° mild |
2373° mild |
2170° mild |
2170° mild |
1966° mild |
1661° cool |
1559° cool |
1763° cool |
1864° cool |
1966° mild |
2068° mild |
2170° mild |
| Real (median) |
2373°
mild |
2373°
mild |
2170°
mild |
2068°
mild |
1864°
cool |
1660°
cool |
1559°
cool |
1661°
cool |
1864°
cool |
1865°
mild |
1966°
mild |
2170°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 70% |
nice 78% |
nice 74% |
nice 72% |
damp 72% |
damp 74% |
nice 68% |
nice 66% |
nice 65% |
nice 66% |
nice 74% |
nice 71% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 116mm |
rainy 116mm |
dry 9mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 66mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 71mm |
dry 40mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 90mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 64% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 32% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 70% |
| Air quality |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people |
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