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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 250 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | Australia |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 15 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 14 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 16°C 61°F + Humid (74%) = feels 17°C 63°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 32 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 66 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Melbourne City Centre |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Altona |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Hello Mobile |
| 💸 10 AUD in USD | USD 6.66 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | AUD 100 = USD 67 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Hub Australia |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | 1000 Pound Bend |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Penny Farthing Espresso |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Cat Cafe |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 15% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 2,782,700 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 53,330 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 4,200,000 people |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $2,813 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,018 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,082 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,452 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,166 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $366 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $1,037 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $49 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (1,001 listings) | $1,794 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $59 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $10 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $9,580 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $27,512 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $91,425 |
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| Feels | 8228° warm | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7021° mild | 6317° cool | 5714° cool | 5513° cool | 5412° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 7021° mild |
| Real | 8127° warm | 7424° warm | 7725° warm | 6820° mild | 6317° cool | 5714° cool | 5714° cool | 5513° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 6820° mild |
| Humidity | nice 58% | nice 58% | nice 60% | nice 59% | nice 67% | damp 71% | nice 68% | nice 68% | nice 65% | nice 62% | nice 59% | nice 60% |
| Rain | dry 12mm | dry 9mm | dry 17mm | dry 9mm | dry 40mm | rainy 64mm | dry 36mm | dry 44mm | dry 48mm | dry 26mm | dry 37mm | dry 11mm |
| Cloud | pockets 35% | pockets 31% | cloudy 58% | pockets 49% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 57% |
| 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 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | safe 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 3 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI |
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✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many 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
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
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