⭐️ Total score |
2.2/5 (Rank #842)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Good |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Too expensive: $4,069 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 26Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 20°C68°F (feels 21°C70°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 80%
|
💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 59 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 27 US AQI
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👌 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 |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
😄 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 |
👩 Female friendly |
Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Oceania |
🚩 Country | Australia |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 26 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (80%) = feels 21°C 70°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 59 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 28 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10 AUD in USD | USD 6.51 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | AUD 100 = USD 65 |
💸 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 |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 260,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $54,069 / 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 | $4,069 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,431 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,083 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,738 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,140 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,288 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,552 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $194 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $75 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $257 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $11 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $65 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
73
23° mild |
73
23° mild |
70
21° mild |
68
20° mild |
66
19° mild |
59
15° cool |
59
15° cool |
63
17° cool |
66
19° mild |
66
19° mild |
68
20° mild |
70
21° mild |
Real |
73
23°
mild |
73
23°
mild |
70
21°
mild |
67
20°
mild |
64
18°
cool |
59
15°
cool |
58
15°
cool |
61
16°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
66
19°
mild |
69
21°
mild |
Humidity |
nice 37% |
nice 41% |
nice 36% |
nice 34% |
nice 34% |
nice 33% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 29% |
nice 31% |
nice 33% |
nice 41% |
nice 38% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 116mm |
rainy 115mm |
dry 9mm |
rainy 117mm |
rainy 65mm |
dry 30mm |
rainy 71mm |
dry 40mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 90mm |
Cloud |
pockets 33% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 39% |
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 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
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