Which is cheaper, Antigua Guatemala or Yogyakarta?

Yogyakarta is cheaper: about $1,000 per month versus $1,250 for one person.

Is Antigua Guatemala or Yogyakarta safer?

Yogyakarta scores higher on safety (50 vs 32), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Antigua Guatemala or Yogyakarta?

M-Lab has no reliable measurement for one of the two cities.

Antigua Guatemala vs Yogyakarta

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Yogyakarta edges it, 47 to 43, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Antigua Guatemala is stronger on visa ease; Yogyakarta on air quality, safety. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Antigua Guatemala

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Volcano views and cobbled streets

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Yogyakarta

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Java's cultural capital on a student budget

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Antigua Guatemala	Yogyakarta
Cost of living	57	67 ✓
Safety	32	50 ✓
Healthcare	49	53 ✓
Internet	no data	39
Visa ease	46 ✓	22
Getting there & around	23 ✓	15
Climate	50	50
Air quality	56	78 ✓
Quality of life	35	45 ✓

Cost

Metric	Antigua Guatemala	Yogyakarta
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$1,250	$1,000 ✓
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Antigua Guatemala	Yogyakarta
Homicides per 100k	26.2	4.1 ✓
Political stability (0–100)	62.3 ✓	55.5
UHC service coverage (0–100)	58	67 ✓
Life expectancy	68.7 yrs ✓	68.3 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Antigua Guatemala	Yogyakarta
Download	no data	11.4 Mbps
Upload	no data	5.7 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Antigua Guatemala	Yogyakarta
Nomad visa	none listed	Visa Rumah Kedua Pekerja Jarak Jauh ✓
Minimum income for the visa	no data	$4,998/mo
Visa-free days, US passport	90 days ✓	visa or e-visa required
Visa-free days, EU passport	90 days ✓	visa or e-visa required
Visa-free days, UK passport	90 days ✓	visa or e-visa required

Getting there and around

Metric	Antigua Guatemala	Yogyakarta
Non-stop airport destinations	20 ✓	3
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	5 ✓	3
Transit (1–5, editorial)	1	2 ✓

Climate and air

Metric	Antigua Guatemala	Yogyakarta
Comfortable months per year	6	6
Annual mean PM2.5	24.8 µg/m³	14.7 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Antigua Guatemala or Yogyakarta?: Yogyakarta is cheaper: about $1,000 per month versus $1,250 for one person.
Is Antigua Guatemala or Yogyakarta safer?: Yogyakarta scores higher on safety (50 vs 32), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Antigua Guatemala or Yogyakarta?: M-Lab has no reliable measurement for one of the two cities.

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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). Dataset 2026.09.4. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.