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Agadir vs Oran

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Agadir edges it, 55 to 54, winning 2 of the 9 factors. Agadir is stronger on visa ease; Oran 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 54 points (scores 61/100)Healthcare: 8.7 of 54 points (scores 69/100)Internet: 4.9 of 54 points (scores 39/100)Visa ease: 0.8 of 54 points (scores 6/100)Getting there & around: 6.8 of 54 points (scores 54/100)Climate: 8.3 of 54 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 10.4 of 54 points (scores 83/100)Quality of life: 6.3 of 54 points (scores 50/100)54
Oran
out of 100

Algeria's Mediterranean second city, home of raï music and Spanish-French architecture

Full Oran profile →Where to stay in Oran →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAgadirOran
Cost of living50no data
Safety6161
Healthcare6169 ✓
Internet3739 ✓
Visa ease46 ✓6
Getting there & around58 ✓54
Climate5867 ✓
Air quality7983 ✓
Quality of life4350 ✓

Cost

MetricAgadirOran
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)

MetricAgadirOran
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)

MetricAgadirOran
Download9 Mbps10 Mbps ✓
Upload0.7 Mbps0.8 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricAgadirOran
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

MetricAgadirOran
Non-stop airport destinations73 ✓31
Walkability (1–5, editorial)33
Transit (1–5, editorial)23 ✓

Climate and air

MetricAgadirOran
Comfortable months per year78 ✓
Annual mean PM2.514.6 µg/m³12.6 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Agadir or Oran?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Agadir or Oran 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 Oran?
Oran: a measured median of 10 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.