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Dakar vs Lahore

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Dakar edges it, 36 to 31, winning 4 of the 9 factors. Dakar is stronger on climate, safety; Lahore on nothing outright. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

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

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Safety: 4.1 of 31 points (scores 33/100)Healthcare: 5.8 of 31 points (scores 46/100)Internet: 3.9 of 31 points (scores 31/100)Visa ease: 5.3 of 31 points (scores 42/100)Getting there & around: 5.9 of 31 points (scores 47/100)Climate: 4.2 of 31 points (scores 33/100)Air quality: 0.0 of 31 points (scores 0/100)Quality of life: 2.3 of 31 points (scores 19/100)31
Lahore
out of 100

Pakistan's cultural capital of food, forts and gardens

Full Lahore profile →Where to stay in Lahore →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricDakarLahore
Cost of livingno datano data
Safety49 ✓33
Healthcare4446 ✓
Internet35 ✓31
Visa ease46 ✓42
Getting there & around4447 ✓
Climate50 ✓33
Air quality00
Quality of life1719 ✓

Cost

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

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricDakarLahore
Homicides per 100k7.94.33 ✓
Political stability (0–100)62.7 ✓31.4
UHC service coverage (0–100)4856 ✓
Life expectancy67.8 yrs ✓66 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricDakarLahore
Download5.5 Mbps ✓4.1 Mbps
Upload2.8 Mbps3.7 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricDakarLahore
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days ✓eTA required (online, before travel)
Entry, EU passport90 days ✓eTA required (online, before travel)
Entry, UK passport90 days ✓eTA required (online, before travel)

Getting there and around

MetricDakarLahore
Non-stop airport destinations31 ✓25
Walkability (1–5, editorial)22
Transit (1–5, editorial)23 ✓

Climate and air

MetricDakarLahore
Comfortable months per year6 ✓4
Annual mean PM2.553.1 µg/m³ ✓86.1 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Dakar or Lahore?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Dakar or Lahore safer?
Dakar scores higher on safety (49 vs 33), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Dakar or Lahore?
Dakar: a measured median of 5.5 Mbps versus 4.1 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; 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); 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.