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Antofagasta vs Asunción

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Under balanced weights Antofagasta edges it, 62 to 57, winning 6 of the 9 factors. Antofagasta is stronger on quality of life, climate, healthcare; Asunción on nothing outright. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 4.5 of 62 points (scores 41/100)Safety: 6.3 of 62 points (scores 56/100)Healthcare: 9.1 of 62 points (scores 82/100)Internet: 7.4 of 62 points (scores 66/100)Visa ease: 5.1 of 62 points (scores 46/100)Getting there & around: 2.9 of 62 points (scores 26/100)Climate: 9.3 of 62 points (scores 83/100)Air quality: 9.4 of 62 points (scores 84/100)Quality of life: 8.3 of 62 points (scores 74/100)62
Antofagasta
out of 100

Mining port on the Atacama coast, Chile's richest region with few tourists

Full Antofagasta profile →Where to stay in Antofagasta →
Safety: 6.8 of 57 points (scores 55/100)Healthcare: 8.3 of 57 points (scores 66/100)Internet: 7.9 of 57 points (scores 64/100)Visa ease: 5.8 of 57 points (scores 46/100)Getting there & around: 3.9 of 57 points (scores 31/100)Climate: 8.3 of 57 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 8.6 of 57 points (scores 68/100)Quality of life: 7.1 of 57 points (scores 57/100)57
Asunción
out of 100

Paraguay's leafy, low-cost capital on the river

Full Asunción profile →Where to stay in Asunción →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAntofagastaAsunción
Cost of living41no data
Safety56 ✓55
Healthcare82 ✓66
Internet66 ✓64
Visa ease4646
Getting there & around2631 ✓
Climate83 ✓67
Air quality84 ✓68
Quality of life74 ✓57

Cost

MetricAntofagastaAsunción
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$1,650no data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAntofagastaAsunción
Homicides per 100k6.11 ✓6.88
Political stability (0–100)68.6 ✓68
UHC service coverage (0–100)84 ✓79
Life expectancy79 yrs ✓70.3 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAntofagastaAsunción
Download32.1 Mbps ✓26.1 Mbps
Upload11.1 Mbps12.5 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricAntofagastaAsunción
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days90 days
Entry, EU passport90 days90 days
Entry, UK passport90 days90 days

Getting there and around

MetricAntofagastaAsunción
Non-stop airport destinations514 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)22
Transit (1–5, editorial)2 ✓1

Climate and air

MetricAntofagastaAsunción
Comfortable months per year10 ✓8
Annual mean PM2.512 µg/m³ ✓19.2 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Antofagasta or Asunción?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Antofagasta or Asunción safer?
Antofagasta scores higher on safety (56 vs 55), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Antofagasta or Asunción?
Antofagasta: a measured median of 32.1 Mbps versus 26.1 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); 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); 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.