Which is cheaper, Dahab or Suez?

Dahab and Suez cost about the same: roughly $700 per month for one person.

Is Dahab or Suez safer?

Dahab and Suez score the same on safety (47), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Dahab or Suez?

Suez: a measured median of 11.3 Mbps versus 9.6 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Dahab vs Suez

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Suez edges it, 48 to 47, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Dahab

out of 100

Red Sea diving town that doubles as a nomad base

Full Dahab profile →Plan a trip to Dahab →

Suez

out of 100

Industrial canal port near the beaches of Ain Sokhna

Full Suez profile →Plan a trip to Suez →

Where they differ

Getting there & around. Suez leads on getting there & around, 28 to 21, against Dahab. Non-stop airport destinations: 73 vs 128.

Where they are close. Within five points on air quality, internet, cost of living, safety, healthcare, visa ease, climate, quality of life.

Pick Dahab if you want

no clear edge over Suez in the data

Pick Suez if you want

faster internet (11.3 Mbps measured)

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Dahab	Suez
Cost of living	92	92
Safety	47	47
Healthcare	66	66
Internet	41	43 ✓
Visa ease	34	34
Getting there & around	21	28 ✓
Climate	58	58
Air quality	11	14 ✓
Quality of life	52	52

Cost

Metric	Dahab	Suez
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$700	$700
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Dahab	Suez
Homicides per 100k	4.2	4.2
Political stability (0–100)	50	50
UHC service coverage (0–100)	71	71
Life expectancy	71.9 yrs	71.9 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Dahab	Suez
Download	9.6 Mbps	11.3 Mbps ✓
Upload	1.5 Mbps	1.6 Mbps ✓

Visa

Metric	Dahab	Suez
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	visa on arrival	visa on arrival
Entry, EU passport	visa on arrival	visa on arrival
Entry, UK passport	visa on arrival	visa on arrival

Getting there and around

Metric	Dahab	Suez
Non-stop airport destinations	73	128 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	3 ✓	2
Transit (1–5, editorial)	1	2 ✓

Climate and air

Metric	Dahab	Suez
Comfortable months per year	7	7
Annual mean PM2.5	45.2 µg/m³	43.8 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Dahab or Suez?: Dahab and Suez cost about the same: roughly $700 per month for one person.
Is Dahab or Suez safer?: Dahab and Suez score the same on safety (47), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Dahab or Suez?: Suez: a measured median of 11.3 Mbps versus 9.6 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); 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 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.