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Caracas vs Taghazout

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Under balanced weights Taghazout edges it, 58 to 53, winning 4 of the 9 factors. Caracas is stronger on nothing outright; Taghazout on safety, visa ease. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

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 →
Cost of living: 5.5 of 58 points (scores 50/100)Safety: 6.7 of 58 points (scores 61/100)Healthcare: 6.8 of 58 points (scores 61/100)Internet: 4.3 of 58 points (scores 39/100)Visa ease: 5.1 of 58 points (scores 46/100)Getting there & around: 5.8 of 58 points (scores 53/100)Climate: 11.1 of 58 points (scores 100/100)Air quality: 7.7 of 58 points (scores 70/100)Quality of life: 4.7 of 58 points (scores 43/100)58
Taghazout
out of 100

Surf village north of Agadir with coworking camps

Full Taghazout profile →Where to stay in Taghazout →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricCaracasTaghazout
Cost of livingno data50
Safety2561 ✓
Healthcare65 ✓61
Internet3439 ✓
Visa ease3346 ✓
Getting there & around53 ✓53
Climate100100
Air quality6170 ✓
Quality of life50 ✓43

Cost

MetricCaracasTaghazout
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno data$1,300
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricCaracasTaghazout
Homicides per 100k13.811.67 ✓
Political stability (0–100)39.256.1 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)75 ✓65
Life expectancy71.2 yrs72.6 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricCaracasTaghazout
Download5.4 Mbps9.8 Mbps ✓
Upload2.8 Mbps ✓0.8 Mbps

Visa

MetricCaracasTaghazout
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passportvisa required90 days ✓
Entry, EU passport90 days90 days
Entry, UK passport90 days90 days

Getting there and around

MetricCaracasTaghazout
Non-stop airport destinations4573 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)23 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)3 ✓1

Climate and air

MetricCaracasTaghazout
Comfortable months per year1212
Annual mean PM2.522.6 µg/m³18.7 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Caracas or Taghazout?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Caracas or Taghazout safer?
Taghazout scores higher on safety (61 vs 25), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Caracas or Taghazout?
Taghazout: a measured median of 9.8 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.