Which is cheaper, Agadir or Chefchaouen?

Chefchaouen is cheaper: about $1,300 per month versus $1,300 for one person.

Is Agadir or Chefchaouen 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 Chefchaouen?

Agadir: a measured median of 9 Mbps versus 8.1 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Agadir vs Chefchaouen

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Chefchaouen edges it, 55 to 55, winning 1 of the 9 factors. Agadir is stronger on nothing outright; Chefchaouen on air quality. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Agadir

out of 100

Morocco's beach city and surf gateway

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Chefchaouen

out of 100

The blue mountain town of the Rif: small, cheap and photogenic

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Agadir	Chefchaouen
Cost of living	50	50
Safety	61	61
Healthcare	61	61
Internet	37 ✓	35
Visa ease	46	46
Getting there & around	58 ✓	54
Climate	58 ✓	50
Air quality	79	94 ✓
Quality of life	43	43

Cost

Metric	Agadir	Chefchaouen
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$1,300	$1,300
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Agadir	Chefchaouen
Homicides per 100k	1.67	1.67
Political stability (0–100)	56.1	56.1
UHC service coverage (0–100)	65	65
Life expectancy	72.6 yrs	72.6 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Agadir	Chefchaouen
Download	9 Mbps ✓	8.1 Mbps
Upload	0.7 Mbps	0.7 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Agadir	Chefchaouen
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	90 days	90 days
Entry, EU passport	90 days	90 days
Entry, UK passport	90 days	90 days

Getting there and around

Metric	Agadir	Chefchaouen
Non-stop airport destinations	73 ✓	49
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	3	4 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)	2 ✓	1

Climate and air

Metric	Agadir	Chefchaouen
Comfortable months per year	7 ✓	6
Annual mean PM2.5	14.6 µg/m³	7.5 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Agadir or Chefchaouen?: Chefchaouen is cheaper: about $1,300 per month versus $1,300 for one person.
Is Agadir or Chefchaouen 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 Chefchaouen?: Agadir: a measured median of 9 Mbps versus 8.1 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.