Which is cheaper, Curitiba or Guanajuato?

Curitiba is cheaper: about $1,354 per month versus $1,400 for one person.

Is Curitiba or Guanajuato safer?

Curitiba scores higher on safety (24 vs 23), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Curitiba or Guanajuato?

Curitiba: a measured median of 41.3 Mbps versus 31.6 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Curitiba vs Guanajuato

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Curitiba edges it, 56 to 56, winning 6 of the 9 factors. Curitiba is stronger on nothing outright; Guanajuato on visa ease. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Curitiba

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Brazil's urban-planning model city

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Guanajuato

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Colourful hillside university city

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Curitiba	Guanajuato
Cost of living	54 ✓	52
Safety	24 ✓	23
Healthcare	70 ✓	65
Internet	69 ✓	61
Visa ease	76	90 ✓
Getting there & around	28 ✓	23
Climate	50	58 ✓
Air quality	77 ✓	74
Quality of life	53	54 ✓

Cost

Metric	Curitiba	Guanajuato
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$1,354 ✓	$1,400
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Curitiba	Guanajuato
Homicides per 100k	32.3	28.2 ✓
Political stability (0–100)	57 ✓	53.7
UHC service coverage (0–100)	84 ✓	79
Life expectancy	72.4 yrs ✓	70.8 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Curitiba	Guanajuato
Download	41.3 Mbps ✓	31.6 Mbps
Upload	27.6 Mbps ✓	14.5 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Curitiba	Guanajuato
Nomad visa	Visto Temporário para Nômade Digital (Digital Nomad Visa) ✓	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	$1,499/mo	no data
Visa-free days, US passport	90 days	180 days ✓
Visa-free days, EU passport	90 days	180 days ✓
Visa-free days, UK passport	90 days	180 days ✓

Getting there and around

Metric	Curitiba	Guanajuato
Non-stop airport destinations	21	21
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	3	4 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)	4 ✓	2

Climate and air

Metric	Curitiba	Guanajuato
Comfortable months per year	6	7 ✓
Annual mean PM2.5	15.2 µg/m³ ✓	16.5 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Curitiba or Guanajuato?: Curitiba is cheaper: about $1,354 per month versus $1,400 for one person.
Is Curitiba or Guanajuato safer?: Curitiba scores higher on safety (24 vs 23), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Curitiba or Guanajuato?: Curitiba: a measured median of 41.3 Mbps versus 31.6 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); 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); 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); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages). Dataset 2026.09.4. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.