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Agadir vs Cape Coast

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Under balanced weights Agadir edges it, 55 to 49, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Agadir is stronger on climate, healthcare, visa ease; Cape Coast 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 →
Cost of living: 6.1 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: 4.6 of 49 points (scores 42/100)Visa ease: 3.8 of 49 points (scores 34/100)Getting there & around: 5.1 of 49 points (scores 46/100)Climate: 4.6 of 49 points (scores 42/100)Air quality: 7.4 of 49 points (scores 67/100)Quality of life: 4.9 of 49 points (scores 44/100)49
Cape Coast
out of 100

Ghana's historic coast: slave-trade castles, Kakum's canopy walk and a laid-back university town

Full Cape Coast profile →Where to stay in Cape Coast →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAgadirCape Coast
Cost of living5055 ✓
Safety6168 ✓
Healthcare61 ✓46
Internet3742 ✓
Visa ease46 ✓34
Getting there & around58 ✓46
Climate58 ✓42
Air quality79 ✓67
Quality of life4344 ✓

Cost

MetricAgadirCape Coast
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$1,300$1,150 ✓
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAgadirCape Coast
Homicides per 100k1.67 ✓1.83
Political stability (0–100)56.167.1 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)65 ✓56
Life expectancy72.6 yrs ✓66.1 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAgadirCape Coast
Download9 Mbps ✓7.5 Mbps
Upload0.7 Mbps5.4 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricAgadirCape Coast
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days ✓visa on arrival
Entry, EU passport90 days ✓visa on arrival
Entry, UK passport90 days ✓visa on arrival

Getting there and around

MetricAgadirCape Coast
Non-stop airport destinations73 ✓36
Walkability (1–5, editorial)33
Transit (1–5, editorial)2 ✓1

Climate and air

MetricAgadirCape Coast
Comfortable months per year7 ✓5
Annual mean PM2.514.6 µg/m³ ✓20 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Agadir or Cape Coast?
Cape Coast is cheaper: about $1,150 per month versus $1,300 for one person.
Is Agadir or Cape Coast safer?
Cape Coast scores higher on safety (68 vs 61), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Agadir or Cape Coast?
Agadir: a measured median of 9 Mbps versus 7.5 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

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.