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Encarnación vs Montego Bay

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Under balanced weights Encarnación edges it, 56 to 55, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Encarnación is stronger on safety; Montego Bay on visa ease. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 6.8 of 56 points (scores 55/100)Healthcare: 9.1 of 56 points (scores 73/100)Internet: 7.8 of 56 points (scores 62/100)Visa ease: 5.8 of 56 points (scores 46/100)Getting there & around: 2.1 of 56 points (scores 17/100)Climate: 6.3 of 56 points (scores 50/100)Air quality: 10.3 of 56 points (scores 82/100)Quality of life: 7.5 of 56 points (scores 60/100)56
Encarnación
out of 100

Paraguay's riverside southern city with a beach and Jesuit ruins

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Cost of living: 5.7 of 55 points (scores 51/100)Safety: 4.1 of 55 points (scores 37/100)Healthcare: 7.6 of 55 points (scores 69/100)Internet: 7.1 of 55 points (scores 64/100)Visa ease: 6.7 of 55 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 1.9 of 55 points (scores 17/100)Climate: 5.6 of 55 points (scores 50/100)Air quality: 8.9 of 55 points (scores 80/100)Quality of life: 7.4 of 55 points (scores 67/100)55
Montego Bay
out of 100

Jamaica's resort capital with the island's main airport

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Where they differ

  • Safety. Encarnación leads on safety, 55 to 37, against Montego Bay. Homicides per 100,000: 6.88 vs 40.36.
  • Visa ease. Montego Bay leads on visa ease, 61 to 46, against Encarnación.
  • Quality of life. Montego Bay leads on quality of life, 67 to 60, against Encarnación.

Where they are close. Within five points on healthcare, air quality, internet, getting there & around, climate.

Pick Encarnación if you want

  • the safer country figures

Pick Montego Bay if you want

  • no clear edge over Encarnación in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricEncarnaciónMontego Bay
Cost of livingno data51
Safety55 ✓37
Healthcare73 ✓69
Internet6264 ✓
Visa ease4661 ✓
Getting there & around1717
Climate5050
Air quality82 ✓80
Quality of life6067 ✓

Cost

MetricEncarnaciónMontego Bay
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno data$1,600
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricEncarnaciónMontego Bay
Homicides per 100k6.88 ✓40.36
Political stability (0–100)6875.1 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)79 ✓74
Life expectancy73.3 yrs ✓72.6 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricEncarnaciónMontego Bay
Download23.8 Mbps26.8 Mbps ✓
Upload14.4 Mbps ✓14 Mbps

Visa

MetricEncarnaciónMontego Bay
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days180 days ✓
Entry, EU passport90 days90 days
Entry, UK passport90 days90 days

Getting there and around

MetricEncarnaciónMontego Bay
Non-stop airport destinations1550 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)3 ✓2
Transit (1–5, editorial)22

Climate and air

MetricEncarnaciónMontego Bay
Comfortable months per year66
Annual mean PM2.513 µg/m³ ✓13.8 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Encarnación or Montego Bay?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Encarnación or Montego Bay safer?
Encarnación scores higher on safety (55 vs 37), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Encarnación or Montego Bay?
Montego Bay: a measured median of 26.8 Mbps versus 23.8 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 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.