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Oceania
Melbourne
Australia
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Melbourne compare to Auckland?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Melbourne is 11% better off vs in Auckland
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Melbourne compared to Auckland, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$63,997
+$10,740 (+20%) vs Auckland
Tax Rate: 29%
Weather
How does the weather in Melbourne compare to Auckland?
Auckland has better overall weather
8.5/10(vs 8.7/10 in Auckland)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
19°C(vs 18°C in Auckland)
Average Low
10°C(vs 13°C in Auckland)
Sunshine Hours
2,363h/yr+360h/yr(+18%)
Average High in hottest month
25°C(vs 23°C in Auckland)
Average Low in coldest month
6°C(vs 9°C in Auckland)
Rainy Days
89/yr-8/yr(-9%)
Muggy Days
3/yr-8/yr(-71%)
Cloud Cover
37%(vs 39% in Auckland)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Melbourne compare to Auckland?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Melbourne compared to Auckland?
SWE Affordability
8.0 years
3.2 years quicker than Auckland
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Melbourne has around 13 Luma events listed.
Auckland has no listed Luma events for comparison.
Salary Converter
Enter your annual gross salary (before taxes) to see what you would need to earn in Melbourne to maintain the same standard of living.
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