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Antananarivo vs Lomé

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Under balanced weights Lomé edges it, 35 to 34, winning 4 of the 9 factors. Antananarivo is stronger on air quality; Lomé on climate, getting there & around. 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

Full Antananarivo profile →Where to stay in Antananarivo →
Safety: 4.9 of 35 points (scores 39/100)Healthcare: 4.3 of 35 points (scores 35/100)Internet: 4.8 of 35 points (scores 38/100)Visa ease: 4.0 of 35 points (scores 32/100)Getting there & around: 5.5 of 35 points (scores 44/100)Climate: 4.2 of 35 points (scores 33/100)Air quality: 5.0 of 35 points (scores 40/100)Quality of life: 2.2 of 35 points (scores 17/100)35
Lomé
out of 100

Togo's low-key seaside capital with a beach boulevard and the Ghana border in town

Full Lomé profile →Where to stay in Lomé →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAntananarivoLomé
Cost of livingno datano data
Safety47 ✓39
Healthcare2835 ✓
Internet44 ✓38
Visa ease34 ✓32
Getting there & around3344 ✓
Climate833 ✓
Air quality63 ✓40
Quality of life1117 ✓

Cost

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

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAntananarivoLomé
Homicides per 100k6.1 ✓8.5
Political stability (0–100)56.4 ✓50.7
UHC service coverage (0–100)3342 ✓
Life expectancy62.9 yrs63.9 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAntananarivoLomé
Download9 Mbps ✓6.1 Mbps
Upload4.9 Mbps ✓4.8 Mbps

Visa

MetricAntananarivoLomé
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

MetricAntananarivoLomé
Non-stop airport destinations1732 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)23 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)11

Climate and air

MetricAntananarivoLomé
Comfortable months per year14 ✓
Annual mean PM2.521.5 µg/m³ ✓31.9 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Antananarivo or Lomé?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Antananarivo or Lomé safer?
Antananarivo scores higher on safety (47 vs 39), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Antananarivo or Lomé?
Antananarivo: a measured median of 9 Mbps versus 6.1 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; 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.