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Abidjan vs Lomé

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Under balanced weights Abidjan edges it, 38 to 35, winning 7 of the 9 factors. Abidjan is stronger on visa ease; Lomé on nothing outright. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 4.7 of 38 points (scores 38/100)Healthcare: 4.5 of 38 points (scores 36/100)Internet: 5.5 of 38 points (scores 44/100)Visa ease: 5.3 of 38 points (scores 42/100)Getting there & around: 5.8 of 38 points (scores 47/100)Climate: 5.2 of 38 points (scores 42/100)Air quality: 5.1 of 38 points (scores 41/100)Quality of life: 2.3 of 38 points (scores 18/100)38
Abidjan
out of 100

West Africa's francophone business hub on the lagoon

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Safety: 4.9 of 35 points (scores 39/100)Healthcare: 4.3 of 35 points (scores 35/100)Internet: 4.8 of 35 points (scores 38/100)Visa ease: 4.0 of 35 points (scores 32/100)Getting there & around: 5.5 of 35 points (scores 44/100)Climate: 4.2 of 35 points (scores 33/100)Air quality: 5.0 of 35 points (scores 40/100)Quality of life: 2.2 of 35 points (scores 17/100)35
Lomé
out of 100

Togo's low-key seaside capital with a beach boulevard and the Ghana border in town

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAbidjanLomé
Cost of livingno datano data
Safety3839 ✓
Healthcare36 ✓35
Internet44 ✓38
Visa ease42 ✓32
Getting there & around47 ✓44
Climate42 ✓33
Air quality41 ✓40
Quality of life18 ✓17

Cost

MetricAbidjanLomé
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno datano data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAbidjanLomé
Homicides per 100k118.5 ✓
Political stability (0–100)53.1 ✓50.7
UHC service coverage (0–100)46 ✓42
Life expectancy63.5 yrs63.9 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAbidjanLomé
Download8.6 Mbps ✓6.1 Mbps
Upload5.6 Mbps ✓4.8 Mbps

Visa

MetricAbidjanLomé
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passporteTA required (online, before travel) ✓e-visa required
Entry, EU passporteTA required (online, before travel) ✓e-visa required
Entry, UK passporteTA required (online, before travel) ✓e-visa required

Getting there and around

MetricAbidjanLomé
Non-stop airport destinations41 ✓32
Walkability (1–5, editorial)23 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)2 ✓1

Climate and air

MetricAbidjanLomé
Comfortable months per year5 ✓4
Annual mean PM2.531.6 µg/m³ ✓31.9 µg/m³

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Abidjan or Lomé?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Abidjan or Lomé safer?
Lomé scores higher on safety (39 vs 38), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Abidjan or Lomé?
Abidjan: a measured median of 8.6 Mbps versus 6.1 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

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Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population; UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.