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Alexandria vs Entebbe

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Under balanced weights Alexandria edges it, 52 to 46, winning 7 of the 9 factors. Alexandria is stronger on healthcare, quality of life; Entebbe on 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: 4.8 of 46 points (scores 39/100)Healthcare: 5.6 of 46 points (scores 45/100)Internet: 5.2 of 46 points (scores 41/100)Visa ease: 4.0 of 46 points (scores 32/100)Getting there & around: 5.2 of 46 points (scores 42/100)Climate: 8.3 of 46 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 7.7 of 46 points (scores 62/100)Quality of life: 4.7 of 46 points (scores 38/100)46
Entebbe
out of 100

Uganda's lakeside airport town, greener and quieter than Kampala

Full Entebbe profile →Where to stay in Entebbe →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAlexandriaEntebbe
Cost of living73no data
Safety47 ✓39
Healthcare60 ✓45
Internet42 ✓41
Visa ease34 ✓32
Getting there & around52 ✓42
Climate75 ✓67
Air quality3762 ✓
Quality of life49 ✓38

Cost

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

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAlexandriaEntebbe
Homicides per 100k4.2 ✓8.82
Political stability (0–100)5050.4 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)71 ✓54
Life expectancy69.1 yrs ✓66 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAlexandriaEntebbe
Download10.2 Mbps ✓8 Mbps
Upload1.6 Mbps3.8 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricAlexandriaEntebbe
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passportvisa on arrival ✓e-visa required
Entry, EU passportvisa on arrival ✓e-visa required
Entry, UK passportvisa on arrival ✓e-visa required

Getting there and around

MetricAlexandriaEntebbe
Non-stop airport destinations2425 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)33
Transit (1–5, editorial)3 ✓1

Climate and air

MetricAlexandriaEntebbe
Comfortable months per year9 ✓8
Annual mean PM2.533.2 µg/m³22.2 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Alexandria or Entebbe?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Alexandria or Entebbe safer?
Alexandria scores higher on safety (47 vs 39), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Alexandria or Entebbe?
Alexandria: a measured median of 10.2 Mbps versus 8 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.