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Alexandria vs Caracas

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Under balanced weights Caracas edges it, 53 to 52, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Alexandria is stronger on safety; Caracas on climate, air quality. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 8.1 of 52 points (scores 73/100)Safety: 5.2 of 52 points (scores 47/100)Healthcare: 6.6 of 52 points (scores 60/100)Internet: 4.6 of 52 points (scores 42/100)Visa ease: 3.8 of 52 points (scores 34/100)Getting there & around: 5.7 of 52 points (scores 52/100)Climate: 8.3 of 52 points (scores 75/100)Air quality: 4.1 of 52 points (scores 37/100)Quality of life: 5.4 of 52 points (scores 49/100)52
Alexandria
out of 100

Egypt's Mediterranean city with a legendary library

Full Alexandria profile →Where to stay in Alexandria →
Safety: 3.1 of 53 points (scores 25/100)Healthcare: 8.1 of 53 points (scores 65/100)Internet: 4.3 of 53 points (scores 34/100)Visa ease: 4.1 of 53 points (scores 33/100)Getting there & around: 6.6 of 53 points (scores 53/100)Climate: 12.5 of 53 points (scores 100/100)Air quality: 7.6 of 53 points (scores 61/100)Quality of life: 6.3 of 53 points (scores 50/100)53
Caracas
out of 100

Venezuela's dollarised capital under the Ávila, cheap but with real security limits

Full Caracas profile →Where to stay in Caracas →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAlexandriaCaracas
Cost of living73no data
Safety47 ✓25
Healthcare6065 ✓
Internet42 ✓34
Visa ease34 ✓33
Getting there & around5253 ✓
Climate75100 ✓
Air quality3761 ✓
Quality of life4950 ✓

Cost

MetricAlexandriaCaracas
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$717no data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAlexandriaCaracas
Homicides per 100k4.2 ✓13.81
Political stability (0–100)50 ✓39.2
UHC service coverage (0–100)7175 ✓
Life expectancy69.1 yrs71.2 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAlexandriaCaracas
Download10.2 Mbps ✓5.4 Mbps
Upload1.6 Mbps2.8 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricAlexandriaCaracas
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passportvisa on arrival ✓visa required
Entry, EU passportvisa on arrival90 days ✓
Entry, UK passportvisa on arrival90 days ✓

Getting there and around

MetricAlexandriaCaracas
Non-stop airport destinations2445 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)3 ✓2
Transit (1–5, editorial)33

Climate and air

MetricAlexandriaCaracas
Comfortable months per year912 ✓
Annual mean PM2.533.2 µg/m³22.6 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Alexandria or Caracas?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Alexandria or Caracas safer?
Alexandria scores higher on safety (47 vs 25), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Alexandria or Caracas?
Alexandria: a measured median of 10.2 Mbps versus 5.4 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); Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population; 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); 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.