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Accra vs Libreville

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Under balanced weights Accra edges it, 47 to 40, winning 6 of the 9 factors. Accra is stronger on climate, safety; Libreville on air quality. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 7.2 of 47 points (scores 65/100)Safety: 7.5 of 47 points (scores 68/100)Healthcare: 5.7 of 47 points (scores 51/100)Internet: 4.8 of 47 points (scores 44/100)Visa ease: 3.8 of 47 points (scores 34/100)Getting there & around: 1.7 of 47 points (scores 15/100)Climate: 5.6 of 47 points (scores 50/100)Air quality: 5.7 of 47 points (scores 51/100)Quality of life: 5.4 of 47 points (scores 49/100)47
Accra
out of 100

West Africa's most welcoming capital

Full Accra profile →Plan a trip to Accra →
Safety: 6.6 of 40 points (scores 53/100)Healthcare: 5.7 of 40 points (scores 46/100)Internet: 5.3 of 40 points (scores 42/100)Visa ease: 4.0 of 40 points (scores 32/100)Getting there & around: 1.1 of 40 points (scores 9/100)Climate: 2.1 of 40 points (scores 17/100)Air quality: 8.3 of 40 points (scores 66/100)Quality of life: 6.9 of 40 points (scores 55/100)40
Libreville
out of 100

Gabon's estuary capital, with city beaches and rainforest parks nearby

Full Libreville profile →Plan a trip to Libreville →

Where they differ

  • Climate. Accra leads on climate, 50 to 17, against Libreville. Comfortable months: 6 vs 2.
  • Safety. Accra leads on safety, 68 to 53, against Libreville. Homicides per 100,000: 1.83 vs 8.
  • Air quality. Libreville leads on air quality, 66 to 51, against Accra. PM2.5: 26.9 µg/m³ vs 20.3 µg/m³.

Where they are close. Within five points on visa ease, internet.

Pick Accra if you want

  • the safer country figures
  • stronger healthcare
  • a longer comfortable season (6 months against 2)

Pick Libreville if you want

  • cleaner air

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAccraLibreville
Cost of living65no data
Safety68 ✓53
Healthcare51 ✓46
Internet44 ✓42
Visa ease34 ✓32
Getting there & around15 ✓9
Climate50 ✓17
Air quality5166 ✓
Quality of life4955 ✓

Cost

MetricAccraLibreville
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$1,211no data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAccraLibreville
Homicides per 100k1.83 ✓8
Political stability (0–100)67.167.7 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)56 ✓48
Life expectancy67.7 yrs ✓67.4 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAccraLibreville
Download8.2 Mbps ✓7.4 Mbps
Upload6.6 Mbps7.3 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricAccraLibreville
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passportvisa on arrival ✓e-visa required
Entry, EU passportvisa on arrival ✓e-visa required
Entry, UK passportvisa on arrival ✓e-visa required

Getting there and around

MetricAccraLibreville
Non-stop airport destinations37 ✓28
Walkability (1–5, editorial)22
Transit (1–5, editorial)2 ✓1

Climate and air

MetricAccraLibreville
Comfortable months per year6 ✓2
Annual mean PM2.526.9 µg/m³20.3 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Accra or Libreville?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Accra or Libreville safer?
Accra scores higher on safety (68 vs 53), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Accra or Libreville?
Accra: a measured median of 8.2 Mbps versus 7.4 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); IQAir city air-quality pages (yearly PM2.5 averages); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.