Which is cheaper, Accra or Yogyakarta?

Yogyakarta is cheaper: about $1,000 per month versus $1,146 for one person.

Is Accra or Yogyakarta safer?

Accra scores higher on safety (55 vs 50), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Accra or Yogyakarta?

Yogyakarta: a measured median of 11.4 Mbps versus 8.2 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Accra vs Yogyakarta

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Yogyakarta edges it, 47 to 39, winning 7 of the 9 factors. Accra is stronger on nothing outright; Yogyakarta on air quality, visa ease, healthcare. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Accra

out of 100

West Africa's most welcoming capital

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Yogyakarta

out of 100

Java's cultural capital on a student budget

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Accra	Yogyakarta
Cost of living	61	67 ✓
Safety	55 ✓	50
Healthcare	43	53 ✓
Internet	33	39 ✓
Visa ease	6	22 ✓
Getting there & around	10	15 ✓
Climate	50	50
Air quality	51	78 ✓
Quality of life	43	45 ✓

Cost

Metric	Accra	Yogyakarta
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$1,146	$1,000 ✓
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Accra	Yogyakarta
Homicides per 100k	5.9	4.1 ✓
Political stability (0–100)	66.1 ✓	55.5
UHC service coverage (0–100)	56	67 ✓
Life expectancy	66.1 yrs	68.3 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Accra	Yogyakarta
Download	8.2 Mbps	11.4 Mbps ✓
Upload	6.6 Mbps ✓	5.7 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Accra	Yogyakarta
Nomad visa	none listed	Visa Rumah Kedua Pekerja Jarak Jauh ✓
Minimum income for the visa	no data	$4,998/mo
Visa-free days, US passport	visa or e-visa required	visa or e-visa required
Visa-free days, EU passport	visa or e-visa required	visa or e-visa required
Visa-free days, UK passport	visa or e-visa required	visa or e-visa required

Getting there and around

Metric	Accra	Yogyakarta
Non-stop airport destinations	2	3 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	2	3 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)	2	2

Climate and air

Metric	Accra	Yogyakarta
Comfortable months per year	6	6
Annual mean PM2.5	26.9 µg/m³	14.7 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Accra or Yogyakarta?: Yogyakarta is cheaper: about $1,000 per month versus $1,146 for one person.
Is Accra or Yogyakarta safer?: Accra scores higher on safety (55 vs 50), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Accra or Yogyakarta?: Yogyakarta: a measured median of 11.4 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); 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); IQAir city air-quality pages (yearly PM2.5 averages); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages). Dataset 2026.09.4. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.