Brisbane Is The Best City In Australia To Catch Up On Sleep

A recent study showed there's no better place Down Under to catch some affordable z's than chilled out Brizzzy!

MJ Gayon MJ Gayon •
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For anyone coming to the River City for its laidback vibes or if you’re a Brisbanite planning a staycation: we’ve got great news! While many Aussies struggle to get a good night’s sleep, we in Brissy may be luckier than most. According to a study by AllClear, the travel insurance company, our lovely city is the fourth best in the world for getting great sleep at an affordable price.

To determine which cities have the best stays for quality sleep, AllClear analysed over 140,000 hotel reviews across more than 90 popular urban tourist destinations, taking into account the number of reviews mentioning sleep and the percentage of those reviews that were positive, and then weighing that against the average hotel cost per night. This resulted in a score for each city: a “Great Sleep Value” number out of 100, which reveals the intersection of rest and value for money.

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Although the study didn’t analyse contributing factors, it’s worth noting that many of the top cities are on the smaller side and either on the coast or near nature. A delicate balance between affordability and popularity is also suggested by the results: destinations that are known as tourist hubs and are typically crowded tended not to score highly.

And while Europe dominated the ranking, with over half of the global top 25 of the cities being located there, Australia’s not too shabby when it comes to so-called “sleep tourism”, with no less than five cities in the top 20, and Brisbane ahead of the pack!

Thanks to our balmy weather, slower lifestyle than other major Australian cities resulting in minimal noise pollution, variety of green spaces and city beaches, we managed to snag the fourth spot on the list!

New Zealand was crowned with the top two places — Auckland first and Wellington second — which means if travel is calling your name but you want to prioritise sleep, it’s only a short flight away.
Meanwhile, Cairns, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne also made the list and, better yet, Australia managed to avoid showing up on the world’s worst places for sleep quality! That honour goes to some of the world’s hottest tourist destinations like New York, Paris and London.

The top 25 cities for great sleep value

  1. Auckland, New Zealand
  2. Wellington, New Zealand
  3. Granada, Spain
  4. Brisbane, Australia
  5. Bruges, Belgium
  6. Kraków, Poland
  7. Helsinki, Finland
  8. Valencia, Spain
  9. Madrid, Spain
  10. Bath, UK
  11. Cairns, Australia
  12. Stockholm, Sweden
  13. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  14. Adelaide, Australia
  15. Sydney, Australia
  16. Prague, Czech Republic
  17. Melbourne, Australia
  18. Manchester, UK
  19. Galway, Ireland
  20. Seville, Spain
  21. Seattle, USA
  22. Dublin, Ireland
  23. Reykjavik, Iceland
  24. Berlin, Germany
  25. Vancouver, Canada

The top 10 worst cities for sleep quality

  1. Sedona, USA
  2. San Diego, USA
  3. New York City, USA
  4. Key West, USA
  5. Florence, Italy
  6. Dubai, UAE
  7. Venice, Italy
  8. Paris, France
  9. Rome, Italy
  10. London, UK

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