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Encarnación vs Paramaribo

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Under balanced weights Encarnación edges it, 58 to 51, winning 6 of the 9 factors. Encarnación is stronger on visa ease, internet; Paramaribo on safety. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 6.8 of 58 points (scores 55/100)Healthcare: 8.3 of 58 points (scores 66/100)Internet: 7.8 of 58 points (scores 63/100)Visa ease: 5.8 of 58 points (scores 46/100)Getting there & around: 5.2 of 58 points (scores 42/100)Climate: 6.3 of 58 points (scores 50/100)Air quality: 10.3 of 58 points (scores 82/100)Quality of life: 7.1 of 58 points (scores 57/100)58
Encarnación
out of 100

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

Full Encarnación profile →Where to stay in Encarnación →
Safety: 8.3 of 51 points (scores 66/100)Healthcare: 7.8 of 51 points (scores 63/100)Internet: 5.4 of 51 points (scores 43/100)Visa ease: 0.8 of 51 points (scores 6/100)Getting there & around: 5.2 of 51 points (scores 41/100)Climate: 7.3 of 51 points (scores 58/100)Air quality: 10.0 of 51 points (scores 80/100)Quality of life: 6.1 of 51 points (scores 49/100)51
Paramaribo
out of 100

Dutch-Creole capital on the Suriname river, UNESCO wooden centre and Amazon trips

Full Paramaribo profile →Where to stay in Paramaribo →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricEncarnaciónParamaribo
Cost of livingno datano data
Safety5566 ✓
Healthcare66 ✓63
Internet63 ✓43
Visa ease46 ✓6
Getting there & around42 ✓41
Climate5058 ✓
Air quality82 ✓80
Quality of life57 ✓49

Cost

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

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricEncarnaciónParamaribo
Homicides per 100k6.884.26 ✓
Political stability (0–100)6876.1 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)79 ✓74
Life expectancy70.3 yrs ✓69.8 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricEncarnaciónParamaribo
Download23.8 Mbps ✓8.8 Mbps
Upload14.4 Mbps ✓4 Mbps

Visa

MetricEncarnaciónParamaribo
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days ✓visa required
Entry, EU passport90 days ✓visa required
Entry, UK passport90 days ✓visa required

Getting there and around

MetricEncarnaciónParamaribo
Non-stop airport destinations15 ✓14
Walkability (1–5, editorial)33
Transit (1–5, editorial)22

Climate and air

MetricEncarnaciónParamaribo
Comfortable months per year67 ✓
Annual mean PM2.513 µg/m³ ✓14 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Encarnación or Paramaribo?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Encarnación or Paramaribo safer?
Paramaribo scores higher on safety (66 vs 55), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Encarnación or Paramaribo?
Encarnación: a measured median of 23.8 Mbps versus 8.8 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); 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.