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Agadir vs Algiers

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Agadir edges it, 55 to 52, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Agadir is stronger on visa ease; Algiers on nothing outright. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 5.5 of 55 points (scores 50/100)Safety: 6.7 of 55 points (scores 61/100)Healthcare: 6.8 of 55 points (scores 61/100)Internet: 4.1 of 55 points (scores 37/100)Visa ease: 5.1 of 55 points (scores 46/100)Getting there & around: 6.4 of 55 points (scores 58/100)Climate: 6.5 of 55 points (scores 58/100)Air quality: 8.7 of 55 points (scores 79/100)Quality of life: 4.7 of 55 points (scores 43/100)55
Agadir
out of 100

Morocco's beach city and surf gateway

Full Agadir profile →Where to stay in Agadir →
Safety: 7.6 of 52 points (scores 61/100)Healthcare: 8.7 of 52 points (scores 69/100)Internet: 4.9 of 52 points (scores 40/100)Visa ease: 0.8 of 52 points (scores 6/100)Getting there & around: 8.1 of 52 points (scores 65/100)Climate: 6.3 of 52 points (scores 50/100)Air quality: 9.7 of 52 points (scores 77/100)Quality of life: 6.3 of 52 points (scores 50/100)52
Algiers
out of 100

White Mediterranean capital with a UNESCO casbah

Full Algiers profile →Where to stay in Algiers →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAgadirAlgiers
Cost of living50no data
Safety6161
Healthcare6169 ✓
Internet3740 ✓
Visa ease46 ✓6
Getting there & around5865 ✓
Climate58 ✓50
Air quality79 ✓77
Quality of life4350 ✓

Cost

MetricAgadirAlgiers
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$1,300no data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAgadirAlgiers
Homicides per 100k1.671.38 ✓
Political stability (0–100)56.1 ✓54
UHC service coverage (0–100)6570 ✓
Life expectancy72.6 yrs76 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAgadirAlgiers
Download9 Mbps9.4 Mbps ✓
Upload0.7 Mbps1.2 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricAgadirAlgiers
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days ✓visa required
Entry, EU passport90 days ✓visa required
Entry, UK passport90 days ✓visa required

Getting there and around

MetricAgadirAlgiers
Non-stop airport destinations7393 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)33
Transit (1–5, editorial)23 ✓

Climate and air

MetricAgadirAlgiers
Comfortable months per year7 ✓6
Annual mean PM2.514.6 µg/m³ ✓15.2 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Agadir or Algiers?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Agadir or Algiers safer?
Agadir scores higher on safety (61 vs 61), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Agadir or Algiers?
Algiers: a measured median of 9.4 Mbps versus 9 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); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); 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.