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Dahab vs Dakar

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Dahab edges it, 47 to 36, winning 6 of the 9 factors. Dahab is stronger on quality of life, healthcare, air quality; Dakar on visa ease. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 8.2 of 47 points (scores 74/100)Safety: 5.2 of 47 points (scores 47/100)Healthcare: 6.6 of 47 points (scores 60/100)Internet: 4.5 of 47 points (scores 41/100)Visa ease: 3.8 of 47 points (scores 34/100)Getting there & around: 5.7 of 47 points (scores 51/100)Climate: 6.5 of 47 points (scores 58/100)Air quality: 1.2 of 47 points (scores 11/100)Quality of life: 5.4 of 47 points (scores 49/100)47
Dahab
out of 100

Red Sea diving town that doubles as a nomad base

Full Dahab profile →Where to stay in Dahab →
Safety: 6.1 of 36 points (scores 49/100)Healthcare: 5.5 of 36 points (scores 44/100)Internet: 4.3 of 36 points (scores 35/100)Visa ease: 5.8 of 36 points (scores 46/100)Getting there & around: 5.5 of 36 points (scores 44/100)Climate: 6.3 of 36 points (scores 50/100)Air quality: 0.0 of 36 points (scores 0/100)Quality of life: 2.1 of 36 points (scores 17/100)36
Dakar
out of 100

West Africa's cultural capital on the Atlantic

Full Dakar profile →Where to stay in Dakar →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricDahabDakar
Cost of living74no data
Safety4749 ✓
Healthcare60 ✓44
Internet41 ✓35
Visa ease3446 ✓
Getting there & around51 ✓44
Climate58 ✓50
Air quality11 ✓0
Quality of life49 ✓17

Cost

MetricDahabDakar
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$700no data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricDahabDakar
Homicides per 100k4.2 ✓7.9
Political stability (0–100)5062.7 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)71 ✓48
Life expectancy69.1 yrs ✓67.8 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricDahabDakar
Download9.6 Mbps ✓5.5 Mbps
Upload1.5 Mbps2.8 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricDahabDakar
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passportvisa on arrival90 days ✓
Entry, EU passportvisa on arrival90 days ✓
Entry, UK passportvisa on arrival90 days ✓

Getting there and around

MetricDahabDakar
Non-stop airport destinations65 ✓31
Walkability (1–5, editorial)3 ✓2
Transit (1–5, editorial)12 ✓

Climate and air

MetricDahabDakar
Comfortable months per year7 ✓6
Annual mean PM2.545.2 µg/m³ ✓53.1 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Dahab or Dakar?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Dahab or Dakar safer?
Dakar scores higher on safety (49 vs 47), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Dahab or Dakar?
Dahab: a measured median of 9.6 Mbps versus 5.5 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); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.