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Astana vs Trabzon

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Under balanced weights Trabzon edges it, 54 to 47, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Astana is stronger on nothing outright; Trabzon on climate, air quality, visa ease. 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

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Cost of living: 7.4 of 54 points (scores 66/100)Safety: 5.9 of 54 points (scores 53/100)Healthcare: 8.1 of 54 points (scores 73/100)Internet: 5.7 of 54 points (scores 51/100)Visa ease: 8.1 of 54 points (scores 73/100)Getting there & around: 5.5 of 54 points (scores 49/100)Climate: 5.6 of 54 points (scores 50/100)Air quality: 2.0 of 54 points (scores 18/100)Quality of life: 6.4 of 54 points (scores 57/100)54
Trabzon
out of 100

Rainy Black Sea port with tea hills and the Sumela monastery

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAstanaTrabzon
Cost of livingno data66
Safety61 ✓53
Healthcare6973 ✓
Internet4251 ✓
Visa ease6073 ✓
Getting there & around56 ✓49
Climate2550 ✓
Air quality018 ✓
Quality of life61 ✓57

Cost

MetricAstanaTrabzon
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno data$850
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAstanaTrabzon
Homicides per 100k2.552.41 ✓
Political stability (0–100)62 ✓50.2
UHC service coverage (0–100)83 ✓77
Life expectancy70.3 yrs75.3 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAstanaTrabzon
Download7.3 Mbps13.1 Mbps ✓
Upload6.1 Mbps7.2 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricAstanaTrabzon
Nomad visaNeo Nomad visa (B12-1)Digital nomad visa
Minimum income for the visa$3,000/mo$3,000/mo
Entry, US passport30 days90 days ✓
Entry, EU passport30 days90 days ✓
Entry, UK passport30 days90 days ✓

Getting there and around

MetricAstanaTrabzon
Non-stop airport destinations60 ✓31
Walkability (1–5, editorial)23 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)3 ✓2

Climate and air

MetricAstanaTrabzon
Comfortable months per year36 ✓
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 Trabzon?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Astana or Trabzon safer?
Astana scores higher on safety (61 vs 53), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Astana or Trabzon?
Trabzon: a measured median of 13.1 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); 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.