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Algiers vs Oran

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Under balanced weights Oran edges it, 54 to 52, winning 2 of the 9 factors. Algiers is stronger on getting there & around; Oran on climate. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 7.6 of 52 points (scores 61/100)Healthcare: 8.7 of 52 points (scores 69/100)Internet: 4.9 of 52 points (scores 40/100)Visa ease: 0.8 of 52 points (scores 6/100)Getting there & around: 8.1 of 52 points (scores 65/100)Climate: 6.3 of 52 points (scores 50/100)Air quality: 9.7 of 52 points (scores 77/100)Quality of life: 6.3 of 52 points (scores 50/100)52
Algiers
out of 100

White Mediterranean capital with a UNESCO casbah

Full Algiers profile →Where to stay in Algiers →
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)

MetricAlgiersOran
Cost of livingno datano data
Safety6161
Healthcare6969
Internet40 ✓39
Visa ease66
Getting there & around65 ✓54
Climate5067 ✓
Air quality7783 ✓
Quality of life5050

Cost

MetricAlgiersOran
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno datano data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAlgiersOran
Homicides per 100k1.381.38
Political stability (0–100)5454
UHC service coverage (0–100)7070
Life expectancy76 yrs76 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAlgiersOran
Download9.4 Mbps10 Mbps ✓
Upload1.2 Mbps ✓0.8 Mbps

Visa

MetricAlgiersOran
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passportvisa requiredvisa required
Entry, EU passportvisa requiredvisa required
Entry, UK passportvisa requiredvisa required

Getting there and around

MetricAlgiersOran
Non-stop airport destinations93 ✓31
Walkability (1–5, editorial)33
Transit (1–5, editorial)33

Climate and air

MetricAlgiersOran
Comfortable months per year68 ✓
Annual mean PM2.515.2 µg/m³12.6 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Algiers or Oran?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Algiers or Oran safer?
Algiers scores higher on safety (61 vs 61), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Algiers or Oran?
Oran: a measured median of 10 Mbps versus 9.4 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); 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); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.