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| ⭐️ Total score | 706 reviews |
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| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | Australia |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 16 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 19°C 66°F + 😊 Comfy (76%) = feels 19°C 66°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 6 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 23.5 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Surry Hills |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Botany Bay |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 10 AUD in USD | USD 6.69 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | AUD 100 = USD 67 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Fishburners |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Village Australia |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | MCA Café |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Cafe Hernandez |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍16% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 3,857,900 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 73,936 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 4,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $54,069 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 22x22m (484m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 79% 👱♀️ 21% |
| 🏞 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 | East Sydney Private Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,338 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,275 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $9,589 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,740 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,017 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,501 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,483 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $94 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $148 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $268 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $23 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $9,580 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $27,512 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $91,425 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomad List members here all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good 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
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to make friends
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 6116° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7323° mild |
| Real | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 6619° mild | 6116° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 6921° mild | 7323° mild |
| Humidity | nice 73% | nice 77% | nice 74% | nice 71% | nice 72% | damp 71% | nice 61% | nice 61% | nice 61% | nice 66% | nice 78% | nice 76% |
| Rain | rainy 83mm | rainy 97mm | rainy 299mm | dry 27mm | rainy 102mm | rainy 86mm | dry 43mm | rainy 78mm | dry 40mm | rainy 53mm | rainy 126mm | rainy 86mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 67% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 62% | pockets 38% | pockets 44% | cloudy 62% | pockets 43% | pockets 39% | pockets 46% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 71% |
| Air quality | clean 34 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 22 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 7 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,230 people | 1,256 people | 1,211 people | 920 people | 929 people | 694 people | 800 people | 648 people | 1,050 people | 1,000 people | 1,210 people | 1,410 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 19° 66° 19° 65°AQI 19🚕2h$4,948 / mo15Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 20✈️20min$6,726 / mo11Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 11✈️50min$6,394 / mo11MbpsMy partner and I lived in Gold Coast for 6 months during the coronavirus pandemic. Its a very expensive place to live and its hard to find optimal housing. There are many Austrialians looking to live here so its has a growing housing market, we experienced a rental rate increase during our stay. This seems to be a lively city with many visitors and fun amusement parks, clubs, and nice shopping centers. But for us the main value was its proximity to a world class beach. This is THE nicest city
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 11✈️55min$6,056 / mo11MbpsMelbourne is a fun and cute compact city. There are so many fun things to do here such as visit is beaches, go to its theme parks out of the CBD area. Its city CBD is so much fun as well. You can visit the Queen Victoria market which is the largest outdoors market in the world! You can also visit Federation Square which is a beautiful park on the edge of the CBD, and you can visit the Eureka Skydeck and Australia 108 which are the tallest buildings in Australia if you exclude the antenna from th
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 25✈️57min$5,334 / mo11MbpsBrisbane really is Australia's best kept secret. It wont stay this way forever but it is still great for now. In a few years it will be too busy like Melbourne and Sydney.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 18✈️59min$5,271 / mo14Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 2✈️1h$5,586 / mo11MbpsAlways on the Top Livable Cities List, but it really should be in the Top Boring Cities List. It's like a big town, and it's kind of stuck in the past. You really feel like you are in the South. Plenty of old people & Asian students. Normal - everyone moves to Sydney or Melbourne which are incredibly more fun and exciting.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 4✈️2h$5,063 / mo11Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 9✈️3h$6,530 / mo30Mbps2 years ago I chose to go Wanaka to see what it was like as it was recommended to me by my Kiwi friend who lives in Auckland. I looked at it on google maps and saw it was really small and thought it was boring so I booked a 3 day trip here. Oh my how wrong was I?! 3 days was not enough to do what’s here at all. I went skiing, checked out the town center and so much more! I was so hooked with this place and did not want to leave! I sadly had to. I am in love with this place and will definitely
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 2✈️3h$8,030 / mo20MbpsI was there in November 2017. The people are very friendly, great restraunts on the sea front board walk, and as a diver great access to the great Barrier Reef. Either a train or cable car ride from the town station will take you up into the largest tended an cultivated tropical rain forest in the world. If you like life free and easy beautiful Cairns is for you.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 41° 106° 31° 87°🥵AQI 18✈️3h$4,738 / mo15Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°🥵AQI 35✈️3h$5,596 / mo1MbpsMelbourne is a fun and cute compact city. There are so many fun things to do here such as visit is beaches, go to its theme parks out of the CBD area. Its city CBD is so much fun as well. You can visit the Queen Victoria market which is the largest outdoors market in the world! You can also visit Federation Square which is a beautiful park on the edge of the CBD, and you can visit the Eureka Skydeck and Australia 108 which are the tallest buildings in Australia if you exclude the antenna from th
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 25✈️57min$5,334 / mo11MbpsBusy city. Lots of fun. Lots of different choices for food. Great night life
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 7✈️3h$5,029 / mo19MbpsBrisbane really is Australia's best kept secret. It wont stay this way forever but it is still great for now. In a few years it will be too busy like Melbourne and Sydney.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 18✈️59min$5,271 / mo14MbpsSo… amazing food. Great public transportation. Very clean. But very conformist. Self expression limited. The irony of seeing an exhibit on graffiti, yet no actual graffiti in the streets. And the causal racism especially if you’re brown. You could be British born but still expect to be sat far away from everyone else at cocktail bars, experience comments and have weird assumptions made.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 84°🥵AQI 65✈️8h$5,634 / mo102MbpsReally hard to get a decent price for accomodation. Prices are riddiculous as for Indonesian standards and how much locals earn. New restaurants and buildings popping up taking away rice fields. More and more traffic jams and congestion. Too much influencers vs. too little vibe of authentic Balinese culture.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 85°🥵AQI 3✈️6h$2,058 / mo31MbpsI agree so much with this review from 11 months ago. "A city right out of a dystopian novel" - that's what I was thinking on the way to the Airport after spending just a week in Bangkok. A city right out of a dystopian novel - soulless and cynical. The air is polluted and no trees are in sight. Its inhabitants manipulative and cold-hearted - hidden behind fake smiles. A Disney Land for senile retirees. Everything is for sale and nothing has value. The streets are filled with rats - both human o
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 41° 106° 33° 92°🥵AQI 70✈️10h$2,103 / mo27MbpsTokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 61✈️10h$4,986 / mo27MbpsHow did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 9° 48° 10° 49°AQI 34✈️23h$6,371 / mo16MbpsI spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 40✈️16h$5,268 / mo66MbpsHow did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 29✈️16h$6,322 / mo88MbpsExtremely boring and uppity. Like others say, how on earth does everything close at 8pm? Even restaurants close their kitchen around 9pm ON WEEKENDS. The people really have this "arrogant, uppity" vibe that makes you want to leave ASAP. Yes, architecture is incredible. It's walkable, transportation works, etc. Incredibly expensive. I see no reason why would anyone choose Vienna to Budapest or Prague as their base. Good for 2-3 days trip, nothing else.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 13° 55° 14° 58°AQI 13✈️21h$5,232 / mo15MbpsI was there in November 2017. The people are very friendly, great restraunts on the sea front board walk, and as a diver great access to the great Barrier Reef. Either a train or cable car ride from the town station will take you up into the largest tended an cultivated tropical rain forest in the world. If you like life free and easy beautiful Cairns is for you.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 41° 106° 31° 87°🥵AQI 18✈️3h$4,738 / mo15MbpsMelbourne is a fun and cute compact city. There are so many fun things to do here such as visit is beaches, go to its theme parks out of the CBD area. Its city CBD is so much fun as well. You can visit the Queen Victoria market which is the largest outdoors market in the world! You can also visit Federation Square which is a beautiful park on the edge of the CBD, and you can visit the Eureka Skydeck and Australia 108 which are the tallest buildings in Australia if you exclude the antenna from th
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 25✈️57min$5,334 / mo🌇 Also went here565 peopleBrisbane really is Australia's best kept secret. It wont stay this way forever but it is still great for now. In a few years it will be too busy like Melbourne and Sydney.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 18✈️59min$5,271 / mo🌇 Also went here345 peopleSo… amazing food. Great public transportation. Very clean. But very conformist. Self expression limited. The irony of seeing an exhibit on graffiti, yet no actual graffiti in the streets. And the causal racism especially if you’re brown. You could be British born but still expect to be sat far away from everyone else at cocktail bars, experience comments and have weird assumptions made.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 84°🥵AQI 65✈️8h$5,634 / mo🌇 Also went here490 peopleJust arrived in KL, we are 30/35yrs+, a married couple and digital nomads, and wow.. What a city! This is the New York City of Asia. These appartments are epic. Grand views, very affordable, luxurious! You would pay 10-fold for the same deal in NYC or Tokyo or Dubai. And the food is fantastic. Indian, Malay, Indo, Chinese, American, European. The world is here!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 87°🥵AQI 74✈️9h$1,803 / mo🌇 Also went here330 peopleI agree so much with this review from 11 months ago. "A city right out of a dystopian novel" - that's what I was thinking on the way to the Airport after spending just a week in Bangkok. A city right out of a dystopian novel - soulless and cynical. The air is polluted and no trees are in sight. Its inhabitants manipulative and cold-hearted - hidden behind fake smiles. A Disney Land for senile retirees. Everything is for sale and nothing has value. The streets are filled with rats - both human o
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 41° 106° 33° 92°🥵AQI 70✈️10h$2,103 / mo🌇 Also went here532 peopleTokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 61✈️10h$4,986 / mo🌇 Also went here352 peopleI really liked Chiang Mai but I can't put my finger on why. I'll try to remain unbiased so here goes. Chiang Mai is a dirty place with horrible pollution levels. English speaking is okay. I did really enjoy a balance of simple, risk-free living at low cost and acceptable quality of living. Many places only accept cash but plenty accept card. There's lots to do and it's fun exploring on a moped/motorbike. It feels as easy as Canggu with more modern appointments to get by as a westerner a bit easi
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 35° 95° 34° 93°🥵AQI 282😷✈️11h$1,367 / mo🌇 Also went here370 peopleHow did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 29✈️16h$6,322 / mo🌇 Also went here370 peopleStayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 15° 59° 15° 58°AQI 9✈️21h$2,519 / mo🌇 Also went here330 peopleI've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 11° 52° 11° 51°AQI 39✈️21h$6,292 / mo🌇 Also went here376 peopleI've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46°AQI 46✈️21h$4,089 / mo🌇 Also went here438 peopleA top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 7° 45° 9° 48°AQI 40✈️22h$9,113 / mo🌇 Also went here410 peopleLived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 11° 52° 13° 55°AQI 31✈️23h$5,883 / mo🌇 Also went here433 peopleHow did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 9° 48° 10° 49°AQI 34✈️23h$6,371 / mo🌇 Also went here575 peopleNomading here is tough because there are no reasonable Airbnbs and finding a short-term apt is difficult. You have to ask yourself, is it worth coming to Barcelona? It's probably the dirtiest city in Spain, and a bit sketchy. There's more beautiful and cleaner cities like Seville where you can find a reasonably priced Airbnb.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 26✈️23h$5,319 / mo🌇 Also went here385 people
