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Oceania
Melbourne
Australia
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Melbourne compare to Toronto?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Melbourne is 3% worse off vs in Toronto
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Melbourne compared to Toronto, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$64,080
-$4,244 (-6%) vs Toronto
Tax Rate: 29%
Weather
How does the weather in Melbourne compare to Toronto?
Melbourne has better overall weather
8.5/10(vs 3.4/10 in Toronto)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
19°C(vs 12°C in Toronto)
Average Low
10°C(vs 5°C in Toronto)
Sunshine Hours
2,363h/yr+296h/yr(+14%)
Average High in hottest month
25°C(same as Toronto)
Average Low in coldest month
6°C(vs -8°C in Toronto)
Rainy Days
89/yr+13/yr(+17%)
Muggy Days
3/yr-16/yr(-83%)
Cloud Cover
37%(vs 48% in Toronto)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Melbourne compare to Toronto?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Melbourne compared to Toronto?
SWE Affordability
8.3 years
1.6 years quicker than Toronto
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Melbourne has around 2 Luma events listed.
That's 89% fewer events than Toronto.
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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