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Beirut vs Tunis

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Tunis edges it, 54 to 53, winning 6 of the 9 factors. Beirut is stronger on quality of life; Tunis 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: 3.9 of 54 points (scores 35/100)Visa ease: 5.6 of 54 points (scores 50/100)Getting there & around: 5.6 of 54 points (scores 50/100)Climate: 7.4 of 54 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 8.1 of 54 points (scores 73/100)Quality of life: 5.3 of 54 points (scores 48/100)54
Tunis
out of 100

Mediterranean capital few nomads have discovered

Full Tunis profile →Where to stay in Tunis →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricBeirutTunis
Cost of livingno data49
Safety4748 ✓
Healthcare6570 ✓
Internet2935 ✓
Visa ease3450 ✓
Getting there & around5050 ✓
Climate6767
Air quality6973 ✓
Quality of life62 ✓48

Cost

MetricBeirutTunis
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)

MetricBeirutTunis
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)

MetricBeirutTunis
Download3.8 Mbps7.7 Mbps ✓
Upload2.9 Mbps ✓0.8 Mbps

Visa

MetricBeirutTunis
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

MetricBeirutTunis
Non-stop airport destinations5657 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)3 ✓2
Transit (1–5, editorial)12 ✓

Climate and air

MetricBeirutTunis
Comfortable months per year88
Annual mean PM2.519 µg/m³17.3 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Beirut or Tunis?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Beirut or Tunis safer?
Tunis 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 Tunis?
Tunis: a measured median of 7.7 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.