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Antananarivo vs Douala

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Under balanced weights Antananarivo edges it, 34 to 29, winning 4 of the 9 factors. Antananarivo is stronger on air quality, internet, safety; Douala on climate. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 5.9 of 34 points (scores 47/100)Healthcare: 3.5 of 34 points (scores 28/100)Internet: 5.5 of 34 points (scores 44/100)Visa ease: 4.3 of 34 points (scores 34/100)Getting there & around: 4.1 of 34 points (scores 33/100)Climate: 1.0 of 34 points (scores 8/100)Air quality: 7.9 of 34 points (scores 63/100)Quality of life: 1.3 of 34 points (scores 11/100)34
Antananarivo
out of 100

Hilltop capital of Madagascar, gateway to the lemurs

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Safety: 3.9 of 28 points (scores 31/100)Healthcare: 4.4 of 28 points (scores 35/100)Internet: 3.2 of 28 points (scores 25/100)Visa ease: 4.0 of 28 points (scores 32/100)Getting there & around: 5.0 of 28 points (scores 40/100)Climate: 3.1 of 28 points (scores 25/100)Air quality: 2.5 of 28 points (scores 20/100)Quality of life: 2.4 of 28 points (scores 19/100)29
Douala
out of 100

Cameroon's humid port city and commercial capital, loud, lively and hard to walk

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAntananarivoDouala
Cost of livingno datano data
Safety47 ✓31
Healthcare2835 ✓
Internet44 ✓25
Visa ease34 ✓32
Getting there & around3340 ✓
Climate825 ✓
Air quality63 ✓20
Quality of life1119 ✓

Cost

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

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAntananarivoDouala
Homicides per 100k6.1 ✓6.76
Political stability (0–100)56.4 ✓36
UHC service coverage (0–100)3348 ✓
Life expectancy62.9 yrs ✓61.8 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAntananarivoDouala
Download9 Mbps ✓3.7 Mbps
Upload4.9 Mbps ✓1.2 Mbps

Visa

MetricAntananarivoDouala
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

MetricAntananarivoDouala
Non-stop airport destinations1721 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)22
Transit (1–5, editorial)12 ✓

Climate and air

MetricAntananarivoDouala
Comfortable months per year13 ✓
Annual mean PM2.521.5 µg/m³ ✓41.1 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Antananarivo or Douala?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Antananarivo or Douala safer?
Antananarivo scores higher on safety (47 vs 31), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Antananarivo or Douala?
Antananarivo: a measured median of 9 Mbps versus 3.7 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); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.