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Cabarete vs Caracas

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Cabarete edges it, 58 to 53, winning 6 of the 9 factors. Cabarete is stronger on safety, air quality; Caracas on getting there & around. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 6.3 of 58 points (scores 56/100)Safety: 6.3 of 58 points (scores 57/100)Healthcare: 7.5 of 58 points (scores 67/100)Internet: 4.2 of 58 points (scores 38/100)Visa ease: 3.7 of 58 points (scores 33/100)Getting there & around: 4.1 of 58 points (scores 37/100)Climate: 11.1 of 58 points (scores 100/100)Air quality: 9.5 of 58 points (scores 85/100)Quality of life: 5.8 of 58 points (scores 52/100)58
Cabarete
out of 100

Kitesurf capital with a steady nomad crowd

Full Cabarete profile →Where to stay in Cabarete →
Safety: 3.1 of 53 points (scores 25/100)Healthcare: 8.1 of 53 points (scores 65/100)Internet: 4.3 of 53 points (scores 34/100)Visa ease: 4.1 of 53 points (scores 33/100)Getting there & around: 6.6 of 53 points (scores 53/100)Climate: 12.5 of 53 points (scores 100/100)Air quality: 7.6 of 53 points (scores 61/100)Quality of life: 6.3 of 53 points (scores 50/100)53
Caracas
out of 100

Venezuela's dollarised capital under the Ávila, cheap but with real security limits

Full Caracas profile →Where to stay in Caracas →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricCabareteCaracas
Cost of living56no data
Safety57 ✓25
Healthcare67 ✓65
Internet38 ✓34
Visa ease33 ✓33
Getting there & around3753 ✓
Climate100100
Air quality85 ✓61
Quality of life52 ✓50

Cost

MetricCabareteCaracas
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$1,100no data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricCabareteCaracas
Homicides per 100k9.12 ✓13.81
Political stability (0–100)76.2 ✓39.2
UHC service coverage (0–100)7375 ✓
Life expectancy73.3 yrs ✓71.2 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricCabareteCaracas
Download6.4 Mbps ✓5.4 Mbps
Upload3.8 Mbps ✓2.8 Mbps

Visa

MetricCabareteCaracas
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport30 days ✓visa required
Entry, EU passport30 days90 days ✓
Entry, UK passport30 days90 days ✓

Getting there and around

MetricCabareteCaracas
Non-stop airport destinations1545 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)3 ✓2
Transit (1–5, editorial)13 ✓

Climate and air

MetricCabareteCaracas
Comfortable months per year1212
Annual mean PM2.511.7 µg/m³ ✓22.6 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Cabarete or Caracas?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Cabarete or Caracas safer?
Cabarete scores higher on safety (57 vs 25), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Cabarete or Caracas?
Cabarete: a measured median of 6.4 Mbps versus 5.4 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); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.