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Beirut vs Sfax

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Under balanced weights Sfax edges it, 54 to 53, winning 6 of the 9 factors. Beirut is stronger on quality of life; Sfax on visa ease. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 5.9 of 53 points (scores 47/100)Healthcare: 8.1 of 53 points (scores 65/100)Internet: 3.6 of 53 points (scores 29/100)Visa ease: 4.3 of 53 points (scores 34/100)Getting there & around: 6.2 of 53 points (scores 50/100)Climate: 8.3 of 53 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 8.6 of 53 points (scores 69/100)Quality of life: 7.8 of 53 points (scores 62/100)53
Beirut
out of 100

Resilient Mediterranean city with legendary food

Full Beirut profile →Where to stay in Beirut →
Cost of living: 5.4 of 54 points (scores 49/100)Safety: 5.4 of 54 points (scores 48/100)Healthcare: 7.8 of 54 points (scores 70/100)Internet: 3.8 of 54 points (scores 34/100)Visa ease: 5.6 of 54 points (scores 50/100)Getting there & around: 6.1 of 54 points (scores 55/100)Climate: 6.5 of 54 points (scores 58/100)Air quality: 8.3 of 54 points (scores 75/100)Quality of life: 5.3 of 54 points (scores 48/100)54
Sfax
out of 100

Tunisia's working second city: a walled medina, a busy port and the ferry to Kerkennah

Full Sfax profile →Where to stay in Sfax →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricBeirutSfax
Cost of livingno data49
Safety4748 ✓
Healthcare6570 ✓
Internet2934 ✓
Visa ease3450 ✓
Getting there & around5055 ✓
Climate67 ✓58
Air quality6975 ✓
Quality of life62 ✓48

Cost

MetricBeirutSfax
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno data$1,332
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricBeirutSfax
Homicides per 100k2.64 ✓4.69
Political stability (0–100)43.453.4 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)6776 ✓
Life expectancy74.3 yrs ✓74.1 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricBeirutSfax
Download3.8 Mbps7.3 Mbps ✓
Upload2.9 Mbps ✓0.8 Mbps

Visa

MetricBeirutSfax
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passportvisa on arrival120 days ✓
Entry, EU passportvisa on arrival120 days ✓
Entry, UK passportvisa on arrival90 days ✓

Getting there and around

MetricBeirutSfax
Non-stop airport destinations5657 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)33
Transit (1–5, editorial)12 ✓

Climate and air

MetricBeirutSfax
Comfortable months per year8 ✓7
Annual mean PM2.519 µg/m³16.2 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Beirut or Sfax?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Beirut or Sfax safer?
Sfax scores higher on safety (48 vs 47), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Beirut or Sfax?
Sfax: a measured median of 7.3 Mbps versus 3.8 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); 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.