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Accra vs Sucre

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Sucre edges it, 50 to 49, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Accra is stronger on getting there & around; Sucre on air quality. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 6.2 of 49 points (scores 55/100)Safety: 7.5 of 49 points (scores 68/100)Healthcare: 5.1 of 49 points (scores 46/100)Internet: 4.9 of 49 points (scores 44/100)Visa ease: 3.8 of 49 points (scores 34/100)Getting there & around: 5.0 of 49 points (scores 45/100)Climate: 5.6 of 49 points (scores 50/100)Air quality: 5.7 of 49 points (scores 51/100)Quality of life: 4.9 of 49 points (scores 44/100)49
Accra
out of 100

West Africa's most welcoming capital

Full Accra profile →Where to stay in Accra →
Safety: 7.2 of 49 points (scores 58/100)Healthcare: 6.5 of 49 points (scores 52/100)Internet: 6.0 of 49 points (scores 48/100)Visa ease: 5.3 of 49 points (scores 42/100)Getting there & around: 3.6 of 49 points (scores 29/100)Climate: 6.3 of 49 points (scores 50/100)Air quality: 8.0 of 49 points (scores 64/100)Quality of life: 6.7 of 49 points (scores 54/100)50
Sucre
out of 100

Whitewashed colonial capital, slow and cheap

Full Sucre profile →Where to stay in Sucre →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAccraSucre
Cost of living55no data
Safety68 ✓58
Healthcare4652 ✓
Internet4448 ✓
Visa ease3442 ✓
Getting there & around45 ✓29
Climate5050
Air quality5164 ✓
Quality of life4454 ✓

Cost

MetricAccraSucre
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$1,127no data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAccraSucre
Homicides per 100k1.83 ✓3.65
Political stability (0–100)67.1 ✓62.7
UHC service coverage (0–100)5667 ✓
Life expectancy66.1 yrs ✓65.4 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAccraSucre
Download8.2 Mbps10.5 Mbps ✓
Upload6.6 Mbps7.4 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricAccraSucre
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passportvisa on arrivalvisa on arrival
Entry, EU passportvisa on arrival90 days ✓
Entry, UK passportvisa on arrival90 days ✓

Getting there and around

MetricAccraSucre
Non-stop airport destinations35 ✓4
Walkability (1–5, editorial)24 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)2 ✓1

Climate and air

MetricAccraSucre
Comfortable months per year66
Annual mean PM2.526.9 µg/m³21.1 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Accra or Sucre?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Accra or Sucre safer?
Accra scores higher on safety (68 vs 58), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Accra or Sucre?
Sucre: a measured median of 10.5 Mbps versus 8.2 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); 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); OpenFlights airports and routes; 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 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.