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Astana vs Tashkent

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Tashkent edges it, 48 to 47, winning 6 of the 9 factors. Astana is stronger on visa ease, quality of life; Tashkent on air quality, getting there & around. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 7.6 of 47 points (scores 61/100)Healthcare: 8.6 of 47 points (scores 69/100)Internet: 5.2 of 47 points (scores 42/100)Visa ease: 7.5 of 47 points (scores 60/100)Getting there & around: 7.0 of 47 points (scores 56/100)Climate: 3.1 of 47 points (scores 25/100)Air quality: 0.0 of 47 points (scores 0/100)Quality of life: 7.6 of 47 points (scores 61/100)47
Astana
out of 100

Planned steppe capital with bold architecture

Full Astana profile →Where to stay in Astana →
Safety: 8.8 of 48 points (scores 70/100)Healthcare: 8.6 of 48 points (scores 69/100)Internet: 5.8 of 48 points (scores 47/100)Visa ease: 4.1 of 48 points (scores 33/100)Getting there & around: 8.9 of 48 points (scores 72/100)Climate: 4.2 of 48 points (scores 33/100)Air quality: 2.2 of 48 points (scores 18/100)Quality of life: 5.1 of 48 points (scores 41/100)48
Tashkent
out of 100

Central Asia's largest city, opening up

Full Tashkent profile →Where to stay in Tashkent →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAstanaTashkent
Cost of livingno datano data
Safety6170 ✓
Healthcare6969 ✓
Internet4247 ✓
Visa ease60 ✓33
Getting there & around5672 ✓
Climate2533 ✓
Air quality018 ✓
Quality of life61 ✓41

Cost

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

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAstanaTashkent
Homicides per 100k2.551.4 ✓
Political stability (0–100)6267.4 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)83 ✓79
Life expectancy70.3 yrs72.2 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAstanaTashkent
Download7.3 Mbps9.2 Mbps ✓
Upload6.1 Mbps9.4 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricAstanaTashkent
Nomad visaNeo Nomad visa (B12-1) ✓none listed
Minimum income for the visa$3,000/mono data
Entry, US passport30 days ✓e-visa required
Entry, EU passport30 days30 days
Entry, UK passport30 days30 days

Getting there and around

MetricAstanaTashkent
Non-stop airport destinations60108 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)23 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)34 ✓

Climate and air

MetricAstanaTashkent
Comfortable months per year34 ✓
Annual mean PM2.560 µg/m³42 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Astana or Tashkent?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Astana or Tashkent safer?
Tashkent scores higher on safety (70 vs 61), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Astana or Tashkent?
Tashkent: a measured median of 9.2 Mbps versus 7.3 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); 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); Nostos long-stay visa guides; Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.