Which is cheaper, Damietta or Taghazout?

Damietta is cheaper: about $700 per month versus $1,300 for one person.

Is Damietta or Taghazout safer?

Taghazout scores higher on safety (61 vs 47), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Damietta or Taghazout?

Taghazout: a measured median of 9.8 Mbps versus 9.5 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Damietta vs Taghazout

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Damietta edges it, 59 to 57, winning 4 of the 9 factors. Damietta is stronger on cost of living, getting there & around; Taghazout on safety, visa ease. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Damietta

out of 100

Nile-mouth city of furniture workshops and Ras El Bar beach

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Taghazout

out of 100

Surf village north of Agadir with coworking camps

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Where they differ

Cost of living. Damietta leads on cost of living, 92 to 61, against Taghazout. Monthly cost, one person: $700 vs $1,300.
Safety. Taghazout leads on safety, 61 to 47, against Damietta. Homicides per 100,000: 4.2 vs 1.67.
Getting there & around. Damietta leads on getting there & around, 33 to 21, against Taghazout. Non-stop airport destinations: 128 vs 74.

Where they are close. Within five points on internet, healthcare, climate.

Pick Damietta if you want

to spend about $600 less a month
more flights and easier getting around

Pick Taghazout if you want

the safer country figures

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Damietta	Taghazout
Cost of living	92 ✓	61
Safety	47	61 ✓
Healthcare	66	67 ✓
Internet	41 ✓	39
Visa ease	34	46 ✓
Getting there & around	33 ✓	21
Climate	100	100
Air quality	66	75 ✓
Quality of life	52 ✓	46

Cost

Metric	Damietta	Taghazout
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$700 ✓	$1,300
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Damietta	Taghazout
Homicides per 100k	4.2	1.67 ✓
Political stability (0–100)	50	56.1 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)	71 ✓	65
Life expectancy	71.9 yrs	75.2 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Damietta	Taghazout
Download	9.5 Mbps	9.8 Mbps ✓
Upload	1.6 Mbps ✓	0.8 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Damietta	Taghazout
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	visa on arrival	90 days ✓
Entry, EU passport	visa on arrival	90 days ✓
Entry, UK passport	visa on arrival	90 days ✓

Getting there and around

Metric	Damietta	Taghazout
Non-stop airport destinations	128 ✓	74
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	3	3
Transit (1–5, editorial)	2 ✓	1

Climate and air

Metric	Damietta	Taghazout
Comfortable months per year	12	12
Annual mean PM2.5	20.3 µg/m³	16.2 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Damietta or Taghazout?: Damietta is cheaper: about $700 per month versus $1,300 for one person.
Is Damietta or Taghazout safer?: Taghazout scores higher on safety (61 vs 47), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Damietta or Taghazout?: Taghazout: a measured median of 9.8 Mbps versus 9.5 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; 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); 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.