Which is cheaper, Casablanca or Santo Domingo?

Santo Domingo is cheaper: about $1,146 per month versus $1,198 for one person.

Is Casablanca or Santo Domingo safer?

Casablanca scores higher on safety (63 vs 48), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Casablanca or Santo Domingo?

Casablanca: a measured median of 12 Mbps versus 11.8 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Casablanca vs Santo Domingo

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Casablanca edges it, 54 to 52, winning 4 of the 9 factors. Casablanca is stronger on air quality, getting there & around, safety; Santo Domingo on climate. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Casablanca

out of 100

Morocco's business capital on the Atlantic

Full Casablanca profile →

Santo Domingo

out of 100

Caribbean capital with the oldest colonial quarter

Full Santo Domingo profile →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Casablanca	Santo Domingo
Cost of living	59	61 ✓
Safety	63 ✓	48
Healthcare	59	65 ✓
Internet	35	39 ✓
Visa ease	46 ✓	33
Getting there & around	36 ✓	20
Climate	75	100 ✓
Air quality	67 ✓	46
Quality of life	42	52 ✓

Cost

Metric	Casablanca	Santo Domingo
Monthly cost, one person	$1,198	$1,146 ✓
Central one-bedroom rent	$552	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Casablanca	Santo Domingo
Homicides per 100k	1.5 ✓	19.5
Political stability (0–100)	58.4	76 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)	65	73 ✓
Life expectancy	72.6 yrs	73.3 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Casablanca	Santo Domingo
Download	12 Mbps ✓	11.8 Mbps
Upload	1.9 Mbps	5.5 Mbps ✓

Visa

Metric	Casablanca	Santo Domingo
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Visa-free days, US passport	90 days ✓	30 days
Visa-free days, EU passport	90 days ✓	30 days
Visa-free days, UK passport	90 days ✓	30 days

Getting there and around

Metric	Casablanca	Santo Domingo
Non-stop airport destinations	111 ✓	36
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	3 ✓	2
Transit (1–5, editorial)	3	3

Climate and air

Metric	Casablanca	Santo Domingo
Comfortable months per year	9	12 ✓
Annual mean PM2.5	19.8 µg/m³ ✓	29.3 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Casablanca or Santo Domingo?: Santo Domingo is cheaper: about $1,146 per month versus $1,198 for one person.
Is Casablanca or Santo Domingo safer?: Casablanca scores higher on safety (63 vs 48), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Casablanca or Santo Domingo?: Casablanca: a measured median of 12 Mbps versus 11.8 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; 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); 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). Dataset 2026.09.4. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.