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Baghdad vs Douala

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Under balanced weights Baghdad edges it, 35 to 29, winning 6 of the 9 factors. Baghdad is stronger on healthcare, quality of life; Douala on nothing outright. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 2.7 of 35 points (scores 21/100)Healthcare: 7.4 of 35 points (scores 59/100)Internet: 3.2 of 35 points (scores 25/100)Visa ease: 4.3 of 35 points (scores 34/100)Getting there & around: 6.1 of 35 points (scores 49/100)Climate: 4.2 of 35 points (scores 33/100)Air quality: 2.5 of 35 points (scores 20/100)Quality of life: 4.3 of 35 points (scores 35/100)35
Baghdad
out of 100

The Tigris capital reopening to visitors, still under travel advisories

Full Baghdad profile →Where to stay in Baghdad →
Safety: 3.9 of 28 points (scores 31/100)Healthcare: 4.4 of 28 points (scores 35/100)Internet: 3.2 of 28 points (scores 25/100)Visa ease: 4.0 of 28 points (scores 32/100)Getting there & around: 5.0 of 28 points (scores 40/100)Climate: 3.1 of 28 points (scores 25/100)Air quality: 2.5 of 28 points (scores 20/100)Quality of life: 2.4 of 28 points (scores 19/100)29
Douala
out of 100

Cameroon's humid port city and commercial capital, loud, lively and hard to walk

Full Douala profile →Where to stay in Douala →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricBaghdadDouala
Cost of livingno datano data
Safety2131 ✓
Healthcare59 ✓35
Internet2525
Visa ease34 ✓32
Getting there & around49 ✓40
Climate33 ✓25
Air quality20 ✓20
Quality of life35 ✓19

Cost

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

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricBaghdadDouala
Homicides per 100k12.66.76 ✓
Political stability (0–100)32.936 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)64 ✓48
Life expectancy71.5 yrs ✓61.8 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricBaghdadDouala
Download2.5 Mbps3.7 Mbps ✓
Upload6 Mbps ✓1.2 Mbps

Visa

MetricBaghdadDouala
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passportvisa on arrival ✓e-visa required
Entry, EU passportvisa on arrival ✓e-visa required
Entry, UK passportvisa on arrival ✓e-visa required

Getting there and around

MetricBaghdadDouala
Non-stop airport destinations49 ✓21
Walkability (1–5, editorial)22
Transit (1–5, editorial)22

Climate and air

MetricBaghdadDouala
Comfortable months per year4 ✓3
Annual mean PM2.540.8 µg/m³ ✓41.1 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Baghdad or Douala?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Baghdad or Douala safer?
Douala scores higher on safety (31 vs 21), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Baghdad or Douala?
Douala: a measured median of 3.7 Mbps versus 2.5 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); Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population; 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); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.