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Agadir vs Punta Cana

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Punta Cana edges it, 57 to 55, winning 6 of the 9 factors. Agadir is stronger on visa ease; Punta Cana 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

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Cost of living: 6.2 of 57 points (scores 55/100)Safety: 6.3 of 57 points (scores 57/100)Healthcare: 7.5 of 57 points (scores 67/100)Internet: 5.0 of 57 points (scores 45/100)Visa ease: 3.7 of 57 points (scores 33/100)Getting there & around: 5.5 of 57 points (scores 50/100)Climate: 7.4 of 57 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 9.2 of 57 points (scores 83/100)Quality of life: 5.8 of 57 points (scores 52/100)57
Punta Cana
out of 100

Resort coast with the Caribbean's best-connected airport

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAgadirPunta Cana
Cost of living5055 ✓
Safety61 ✓57
Healthcare6167 ✓
Internet3745 ✓
Visa ease46 ✓33
Getting there & around58 ✓50
Climate5867 ✓
Air quality7983 ✓
Quality of life4352 ✓

Cost

MetricAgadirPunta Cana
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$1,300$1,127 ✓
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAgadirPunta Cana
Homicides per 100k1.67 ✓9.12
Political stability (0–100)56.176.2 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)6573 ✓
Life expectancy72.6 yrs73.3 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAgadirPunta Cana
Download9 Mbps9.9 Mbps ✓
Upload0.7 Mbps4.7 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricAgadirPunta Cana
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days ✓30 days
Entry, EU passport90 days ✓30 days
Entry, UK passport90 days ✓30 days

Getting there and around

MetricAgadirPunta Cana
Non-stop airport destinations7392 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)3 ✓2
Transit (1–5, editorial)2 ✓1

Climate and air

MetricAgadirPunta Cana
Comfortable months per year78 ✓
Annual mean PM2.514.6 µg/m³12.8 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Agadir or Punta Cana?
Punta Cana is cheaper: about $1,127 per month versus $1,300 for one person.
Is Agadir or Punta Cana safer?
Agadir scores higher on safety (61 vs 57), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Agadir or Punta Cana?
Punta Cana: a measured median of 9.9 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); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.