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Abidjan vs Yangon

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Under balanced weights Yangon edges it, 41 to 38, winning 4 of the 9 factors. Abidjan is stronger on visa ease; Yangon on healthcare. 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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Cost of living: 7.5 of 41 points (scores 68/100)Safety: 3.5 of 41 points (scores 32/100)Healthcare: 5.1 of 41 points (scores 46/100)Internet: 4.9 of 41 points (scores 44/100)Visa ease: 3.6 of 41 points (scores 32/100)Getting there & around: 4.8 of 41 points (scores 43/100)Climate: 4.6 of 41 points (scores 42/100)Air quality: 4.8 of 41 points (scores 43/100)Quality of life: 2.5 of 41 points (scores 22/100)41
Yangon
out of 100

Myanmar's largest city, now largely off-limits under an ongoing civil conflict

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAbidjanYangon
Cost of livingno data68
Safety38 ✓32
Healthcare3646 ✓
Internet4444 ✓
Visa ease42 ✓32
Getting there & around47 ✓43
Climate4242
Air quality4143 ✓
Quality of life1822 ✓

Cost

MetricAbidjanYangon
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno data$820
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAbidjanYangon
Homicides per 100k113.9 ✓
Political stability (0–100)53.1 ✓28.5
UHC service coverage (0–100)4652 ✓
Life expectancy63.5 yrs67.8 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAbidjanYangon
Download8.6 Mbps ✓8.1 Mbps
Upload5.6 Mbps8 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricAbidjanYangon
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

MetricAbidjanYangon
Non-stop airport destinations41 ✓29
Walkability (1–5, editorial)22
Transit (1–5, editorial)22

Climate and air

MetricAbidjanYangon
Comfortable months per year55
Annual mean PM2.531.6 µg/m³30.7 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Abidjan or Yangon?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Abidjan or Yangon safer?
Abidjan scores higher on safety (38 vs 32), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Abidjan or Yangon?
Abidjan: a measured median of 8.6 Mbps versus 8.1 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; Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); 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); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.