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Asunción vs Kingston

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Under balanced weights Kingston edges it, 58 to 57, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Asunción is stronger on safety; Kingston on climate, visa ease. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

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 →
Cost of living: 4.5 of 58 points (scores 41/100)Safety: 4.1 of 58 points (scores 37/100)Healthcare: 7.0 of 58 points (scores 63/100)Internet: 7.0 of 58 points (scores 63/100)Visa ease: 6.7 of 58 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 4.4 of 58 points (scores 39/100)Climate: 9.3 of 58 points (scores 83/100)Air quality: 8.0 of 58 points (scores 72/100)Quality of life: 7.1 of 58 points (scores 64/100)58
Kingston
out of 100

Reggae capital with the Blue Mountains on the doorstep

Full Kingston profile →Where to stay in Kingston →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAsunciónKingston
Cost of livingno data41
Safety55 ✓37
Healthcare66 ✓63
Internet64 ✓63
Visa ease4661 ✓
Getting there & around3139 ✓
Climate6783 ✓
Air quality6872 ✓
Quality of life5764 ✓

Cost

MetricAsunciónKingston
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno data$1,639
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAsunciónKingston
Homicides per 100k6.88 ✓40.36
Political stability (0–100)6875.1 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)79 ✓74
Life expectancy70.3 yrs ✓70.1 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAsunciónKingston
Download26.1 Mbps26.1 Mbps
Upload12.5 Mbps ✓12.3 Mbps

Visa

MetricAsunciónKingston
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days180 days ✓
Entry, EU passport90 days90 days
Entry, UK passport90 days90 days

Getting there and around

MetricAsunciónKingston
Non-stop airport destinations1419 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)22
Transit (1–5, editorial)12 ✓

Climate and air

MetricAsunciónKingston
Comfortable months per year810 ✓
Annual mean PM2.519.2 µg/m³17.8 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Asunción or Kingston?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Asunción or Kingston safer?
Asunción scores higher on safety (55 vs 37), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Asunción or Kingston?
Asunción: a measured median of 26.1 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); 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); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.