Which is cheaper, Caracas or Damietta?

We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.

Is Caracas or Damietta safer?

Damietta scores higher on safety (47 vs 25), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Caracas or Damietta?

Damietta: a measured median of 9.5 Mbps versus 5.4 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Caracas vs Damietta

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Damietta edges it, 59 to 50, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Caracas is stronger on nothing outright; Damietta on safety, getting there & around. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Caracas

out of 100

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

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Damietta

out of 100

Nile-mouth city of furniture workshops and Ras El Bar beach

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Where they differ

Safety. Damietta leads on safety, 47 to 25, against Caracas. Homicides per 100,000: 13.81 vs 4.2.
Getting there & around. Damietta leads on getting there & around, 33 to 22, against Caracas. Non-stop airport destinations: 45 vs 128.
Internet. Damietta leads on internet, 41 to 34, against Caracas. Measured download: 5.4 Mbps vs 9.5 Mbps.

Where they are close. Within five points on healthcare, quality of life, visa ease, climate.

Pick Caracas if you want

no clear edge over Damietta in the data

Pick Damietta if you want

faster internet (9.5 Mbps measured)
the safer country figures
more flights and easier getting around

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Caracas	Damietta
Cost of living	no data	92
Safety	25	47 ✓
Healthcare	69 ✓	66
Internet	34	41 ✓
Visa ease	33	34 ✓
Getting there & around	22	33 ✓
Climate	100	100
Air quality	61	66 ✓
Quality of life	54 ✓	52

Cost

Metric	Caracas	Damietta
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	no data	$700
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Caracas	Damietta
Homicides per 100k	13.81	4.2 ✓
Political stability (0–100)	39.2	50 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)	75 ✓	71
Life expectancy	72.2 yrs ✓	71.9 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Caracas	Damietta
Download	5.4 Mbps	9.5 Mbps ✓
Upload	2.8 Mbps ✓	1.6 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Caracas	Damietta
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	visa required	visa on arrival ✓
Entry, EU passport	90 days ✓	visa on arrival
Entry, UK passport	90 days ✓	visa on arrival

Getting there and around

Metric	Caracas	Damietta
Non-stop airport destinations	45	128 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	2	3 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)	3 ✓	2

Climate and air

Metric	Caracas	Damietta
Comfortable months per year	12	12
Annual mean PM2.5	22.6 µg/m³	20.3 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Caracas or Damietta?: We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Caracas or Damietta safer?: Damietta scores higher on safety (47 vs 25), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Caracas or Damietta?: Damietta: a measured median of 9.5 Mbps versus 5.4 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

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 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.