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Djerba (Houmt Souk) vs Gaborone

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Under balanced weights Djerba (Houmt Souk) edges it, 55 to 51, winning 4 of the 9 factors. Djerba (Houmt Souk) is stronger on healthcare, getting there & around; Gaborone on safety. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 5.5 of 55 points (scores 50/100)Safety: 5.4 of 55 points (scores 48/100)Healthcare: 7.8 of 55 points (scores 70/100)Internet: 3.8 of 55 points (scores 35/100)Visa ease: 5.6 of 55 points (scores 50/100)Getting there & around: 4.2 of 55 points (scores 38/100)Climate: 8.3 of 55 points (scores 75/100)Air quality: 8.7 of 55 points (scores 78/100)Quality of life: 5.3 of 55 points (scores 48/100)55
Djerba (Houmt Souk)
out of 100

Mediterranean island of whitewashed villages in southern Tunisia

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Safety: 7.4 of 51 points (scores 59/100)Healthcare: 5.2 of 51 points (scores 41/100)Internet: 4.5 of 51 points (scores 36/100)Visa ease: 5.8 of 51 points (scores 46/100)Getting there & around: 2.9 of 51 points (scores 23/100)Climate: 10.4 of 51 points (scores 83/100)Air quality: 8.9 of 51 points (scores 72/100)Quality of life: 6.3 of 51 points (scores 50/100)51
Gaborone
out of 100

Botswana's orderly capital, stable and safe

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricDjerba (Houmt Souk)Gaborone
Cost of living50no data
Safety4859 ✓
Healthcare70 ✓41
Internet3536 ✓
Visa ease50 ✓46
Getting there & around38 ✓23
Climate7583 ✓
Air quality78 ✓72
Quality of life4850 ✓

Cost

MetricDjerba (Houmt Souk)Gaborone
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$1,300no data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricDjerba (Houmt Souk)Gaborone
Homicides per 100k4.69 ✓12.98
Political stability (0–100)53.484.5 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)76 ✓60
Life expectancy74.1 yrs ✓61.2 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricDjerba (Houmt Souk)Gaborone
Download7.5 Mbps ✓5.3 Mbps
Upload0.8 Mbps5.3 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricDjerba (Houmt Souk)Gaborone
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport120 days ✓90 days
Entry, EU passport120 days ✓90 days
Entry, UK passport90 days90 days

Getting there and around

MetricDjerba (Houmt Souk)Gaborone
Non-stop airport destinations27 ✓10
Walkability (1–5, editorial)2 ✓1
Transit (1–5, editorial)11

Climate and air

MetricDjerba (Houmt Souk)Gaborone
Comfortable months per year910 ✓
Annual mean PM2.514.8 µg/m³ ✓17.8 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Djerba (Houmt Souk) or Gaborone?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Djerba (Houmt Souk) or Gaborone safer?
Gaborone scores higher on safety (59 vs 48), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Djerba (Houmt Souk) or Gaborone?
Djerba (Houmt Souk): a measured median of 7.5 Mbps versus 5.3 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); 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 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.