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Asia
Chiang Mai
Thailand
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Chiang Mai compare to Melbourne?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Chiang Mai is 8% worse off vs in Melbourne
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Chiang Mai compared to Melbourne, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$24,059
-$39,858 (-62%) vs Melbourne
Tax Rate: 15%
Weather
How does the weather in Chiang Mai compare to Melbourne?
Melbourne has better overall weather
1.8/10(vs 8.5/10 in Melbourne)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
32°C(vs 19°C in Melbourne)
Average Low
21°C(vs 10°C in Melbourne)
Sunshine Hours
2,512h/yr+150h/yr(+6%)
Average High in hottest month
36°C(vs 25°C in Melbourne)
Average Low in coldest month
15°C(vs 6°C in Melbourne)
Rainy Days
102/yr+14/yr(+15%)
Muggy Days
213/yr+210/yr(+6566%)
Cloud Cover
61%(vs 37% in Melbourne)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Chiang Mai compare to Melbourne?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Chiang Mai compared to Melbourne?
SWE Affordability
5.3 years
2.8 years quicker than Melbourne
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Chiang Mai has around 0 Luma events listed.
That's 100% fewer events than Melbourne.
Salary Converter
Enter your annual gross salary (before taxes) to see what you would need to earn in Chiang Mai to maintain the same standard of living.
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