Which is cheaper, Ankara or Eskişehir?

Eskişehir is cheaper: about $850 per month versus $871 for one person.

Is Ankara or Eskişehir safer?

Ankara scores higher on safety (53 vs 53), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Ankara or Eskişehir?

Ankara: a measured median of 20.2 Mbps versus 11.8 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Ankara vs Eskişehir

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Eskişehir edges it, 63 to 60, winning 4 of the 9 factors. Ankara is stronger on nothing outright; Eskişehir on air quality. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Ankara

out of 100

Türkiye's orderly capital on the Anatolian plateau

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Eskişehir

out of 100

Student city of trams and riverside cafés between Istanbul and Ankara

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Ankara	Eskişehir
Cost of living	65	66 ✓
Safety	53	53
Healthcare	73	73
Internet	57 ✓	47
Visa ease	73	73
Getting there & around	70	75 ✓
Climate	33	42 ✓
Air quality	55	80 ✓
Quality of life	57	57

Cost

Metric	Ankara	Eskişehir
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$871	$850 ✓
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Ankara	Eskişehir
Homicides per 100k	2.41	2.41
Political stability (0–100)	50.2	50.2
UHC service coverage (0–100)	77	77
Life expectancy	75.3 yrs	75.3 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Ankara	Eskişehir
Download	20.2 Mbps ✓	11.8 Mbps
Upload	5.8 Mbps ✓	4.1 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Ankara	Eskişehir
Nomad visa	Digital nomad visa	Digital nomad visa
Minimum income for the visa	$3,000/mo	$3,000/mo
Entry, US passport	90 days	90 days
Entry, EU passport	90 days	90 days
Entry, UK passport	90 days	90 days

Getting there and around

Metric	Ankara	Eskişehir
Non-stop airport destinations	94	95 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	3	4 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)	4	4

Climate and air

Metric	Ankara	Eskişehir
Comfortable months per year	4	5 ✓
Annual mean PM2.5	25.3 µg/m³	13.8 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Ankara or Eskişehir?: Eskişehir is cheaper: about $850 per month versus $871 for one person.
Is Ankara or Eskişehir safer?: Ankara scores higher on safety (53 vs 53), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Ankara or Eskişehir?: Ankara: a measured median of 20.2 Mbps versus 11.8 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); 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); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Nostos long-stay visa guides; Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.