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Caracas vs Tegucigalpa

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Under balanced weights Caracas edges it, 53 to 48, winning 4 of the 9 factors. Caracas is stronger on climate, getting there & around; Tegucigalpa on internet. 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 →
Safety: 3.9 of 48 points (scores 32/100)Healthcare: 6.9 of 48 points (scores 55/100)Internet: 6.7 of 48 points (scores 53/100)Visa ease: 4.1 of 48 points (scores 33/100)Getting there & around: 4.3 of 48 points (scores 35/100)Climate: 8.3 of 48 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 8.6 of 48 points (scores 68/100)Quality of life: 5.1 of 48 points (scores 41/100)48
Tegucigalpa
out of 100

Hilly Honduran capital with real crime concerns and few visitors

Full Tegucigalpa profile →Where to stay in Tegucigalpa →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricCaracasTegucigalpa
Cost of livingno datano data
Safety2532 ✓
Healthcare65 ✓55
Internet3453 ✓
Visa ease3333
Getting there & around53 ✓35
Climate100 ✓67
Air quality6168 ✓
Quality of life50 ✓41

Cost

MetricCaracasTegucigalpa
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno datano data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricCaracasTegucigalpa
Homicides per 100k13.81 ✓23.92
Political stability (0–100)39.258 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)75 ✓64
Life expectancy71.2 yrs ✓69 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricCaracasTegucigalpa
Download5.4 Mbps16.3 Mbps ✓
Upload2.8 Mbps5.3 Mbps ✓

Visa

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

Getting there and around

MetricCaracasTegucigalpa
Non-stop airport destinations45 ✓12
Walkability (1–5, editorial)22
Transit (1–5, editorial)3 ✓2

Climate and air

MetricCaracasTegucigalpa
Comfortable months per year12 ✓8
Annual mean PM2.522.6 µg/m³19.2 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Caracas or Tegucigalpa?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Caracas or Tegucigalpa safer?
Tegucigalpa scores higher on safety (32 vs 25), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Caracas or Tegucigalpa?
Tegucigalpa: a measured median of 16.3 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.