🏆 Nomad Score™ | 2.2/5 |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,840 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 11Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 29°C85°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Too humid: 85% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 38 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Good |
👍 Quality of life | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare | Great |
😄 Happiness | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🙊 English speaking | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Good |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
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🌍 Region | Oceania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 7 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | 🌧 29°C 85°F + 💦 Humid (85%) + 💨 6km/h = Feels like 35°C 95°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 38 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | Telstra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 10 AUD in USD | USD 6.92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: AUD 100 | USD 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
☕️ Best coffee place | The Top Shop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Startinno | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 9,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💻 Online electronics shop | Kogan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Singapore Airlines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Singapore Airlines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏥 Best hospital | Byron Central Hospital | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
surfingbeachdivingsnorkelingwarm nowwarmhotclean airgood air qualityfast internethigh cost of livinghigh humidityfreedom of pressdemocracyfreedommany womenfriendly people |
💵 Nomad Cost™ | $4,840 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,332 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $8,197 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,342 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,152 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $255 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $4,249 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $199 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (12 listings) | $3,703 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $121 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $12 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
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✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm all year round
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBT friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Very expensive
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
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