Which is cheaper, Amritsar or Dehradun?

Amritsar and Dehradun cost about the same: roughly $750 per month for one person.

Is Amritsar or Dehradun safer?

Amritsar and Dehradun score the same on safety (55), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Amritsar or Dehradun?

Dehradun: a measured median of 26.6 Mbps versus 26.5 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Amritsar vs Dehradun

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights the two cities tie at 44. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Amritsar

out of 100

Home of the Golden Temple and the Wagah border ceremony

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Dehradun

out of 100

Valley capital of Uttarakhand between Mussoorie and Rishikesh

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Where they differ

Getting there & around. Amritsar leads on getting there & around, 17 to 12, against Dehradun. Non-stop airport destinations: 17 vs 14.

Where they are close. Within five points on internet, cost of living, safety, healthcare, visa ease, climate, air quality, quality of life.

Pick Amritsar if you want

no clear edge over Dehradun in the data

Pick Dehradun if you want

no clear edge over Amritsar in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Amritsar	Dehradun
Cost of living	88	88
Safety	55	55
Healthcare	63	63
Internet	64	65 ✓
Visa ease	32	32
Getting there & around	17 ✓	12
Climate	33	33
Air quality	0	0
Quality of life	43	43

Cost

Metric	Amritsar	Dehradun
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$750	$750
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Amritsar	Dehradun
Homicides per 100k	2.72	2.72
Political stability (0–100)	55	55
UHC service coverage (0–100)	69	69
Life expectancy	71 yrs	71 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Amritsar	Dehradun
Download	26.5 Mbps	26.6 Mbps ✓
Upload	12.6 Mbps	19.8 Mbps ✓

Visa

Metric	Amritsar	Dehradun
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	e-visa required	e-visa required
Entry, EU passport	e-visa required	e-visa required
Entry, UK passport	e-visa required	e-visa required

Getting there and around

Metric	Amritsar	Dehradun
Non-stop airport destinations	17 ✓	14
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	3 ✓	2
Transit (1–5, editorial)	2	2

Climate and air

Metric	Amritsar	Dehradun
Comfortable months per year	4	4
Annual mean PM2.5	51 µg/m³ ✓	89 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Amritsar or Dehradun?: Amritsar and Dehradun cost about the same: roughly $750 per month for one person.
Is Amritsar or Dehradun safer?: Amritsar and Dehradun score the same on safety (55), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Amritsar or Dehradun?: Dehradun: a measured median of 26.6 Mbps versus 26.5 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

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); 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 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.