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Dundee vs Newcastle upon Tyne

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Under balanced weights the two cities tie at 64. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 2.5 of 64 points (scores 22/100)Safety: 8.4 of 64 points (scores 76/100)Healthcare: 9.8 of 64 points (scores 88/100)Internet: 8.7 of 64 points (scores 78/100)Visa ease: 8.6 of 64 points (scores 77/100)Getting there & around: 4.2 of 64 points (scores 38/100)Climate: 0.0 of 64 points (scores 0/100)Air quality: 10.7 of 64 points (scores 96/100)Quality of life: 10.7 of 64 points (scores 97/100)64
Dundee
out of 100

Scotland's game-dev city on the Tay, with the V&A and low rents

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Cost of living: 2.5 of 64 points (scores 22/100)Safety: 8.4 of 64 points (scores 76/100)Healthcare: 9.8 of 64 points (scores 88/100)Internet: 8.4 of 64 points (scores 76/100)Visa ease: 8.6 of 64 points (scores 77/100)Getting there & around: 4.6 of 64 points (scores 41/100)Climate: 0.0 of 64 points (scores 0/100)Air quality: 10.6 of 64 points (scores 95/100)Quality of life: 10.7 of 64 points (scores 97/100)64
Newcastle upon Tyne
out of 100

Geordie city with cheap rents, a metro and a famous night out

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Where they differ

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

Pick Dundee if you want

  • no clear edge over Newcastle upon Tyne in the data

Pick Newcastle upon Tyne if you want

  • no clear edge over Dundee in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricDundeeNewcastle upon Tyne
Cost of living2222
Safety7676
Healthcare8888
Internet78 ✓76
Visa ease7777
Getting there & around3841 ✓
Climate00
Air quality96 ✓95
Quality of life9797

Cost

MetricDundeeNewcastle upon Tyne
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$2,900$2,900
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricDundeeNewcastle upon Tyne
Homicides per 100k0.930.93
Political stability (0–100)70.770.7
UHC service coverage (0–100)8888
Life expectancy80.7 yrs80.7 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricDundeeNewcastle upon Tyne
Download64.6 Mbps ✓60.7 Mbps
Upload18.1 Mbps ✓11.5 Mbps

Visa

MetricDundeeNewcastle upon Tyne
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passporteTA required (online, before travel)eTA required (online, before travel)
Entry, EU passport180 days180 days
Entry, UK passporthome countryhome country

Getting there and around

MetricDundeeNewcastle upon Tyne
Non-stop airport destinations88 ✓79
Walkability (1–5, editorial)44
Transit (1–5, editorial)34 ✓

Climate and air

MetricDundeeNewcastle upon Tyne
Comfortable months per year00
Annual mean PM2.56.7 µg/m³ ✓7.1 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Dundee or Newcastle upon Tyne?
Dundee and Newcastle upon Tyne cost about the same: roughly $2,900 per month for one person.
Is Dundee or Newcastle upon Tyne safer?
Dundee and Newcastle upon Tyne score the same on safety (76), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Dundee or Newcastle upon Tyne?
Dundee: a measured median of 64.6 Mbps versus 60.7 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); OpenFlights airports and routes; 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 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.