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Encarnación vs Punta Cana

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Under balanced weights Encarnación edges it, 58 to 57, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Encarnación is stronger on internet, visa ease; Punta Cana on climate. 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

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Cost of living: 6.2 of 57 points (scores 55/100)Safety: 6.3 of 57 points (scores 57/100)Healthcare: 7.5 of 57 points (scores 67/100)Internet: 5.0 of 57 points (scores 45/100)Visa ease: 3.7 of 57 points (scores 33/100)Getting there & around: 5.5 of 57 points (scores 50/100)Climate: 7.4 of 57 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 9.2 of 57 points (scores 83/100)Quality of life: 5.8 of 57 points (scores 52/100)57
Punta Cana
out of 100

Resort coast with the Caribbean's best-connected airport

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricEncarnaciónPunta Cana
Cost of livingno data55
Safety5557 ✓
Healthcare6667 ✓
Internet63 ✓45
Visa ease46 ✓33
Getting there & around4250 ✓
Climate5067 ✓
Air quality8283 ✓
Quality of life57 ✓52

Cost

MetricEncarnaciónPunta Cana
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno data$1,127
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricEncarnaciónPunta Cana
Homicides per 100k6.88 ✓9.12
Political stability (0–100)6876.2 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)79 ✓73
Life expectancy70.3 yrs73.3 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricEncarnaciónPunta Cana
Download23.8 Mbps ✓9.9 Mbps
Upload14.4 Mbps ✓4.7 Mbps

Visa

MetricEncarnaciónPunta Cana
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days ✓30 days
Entry, EU passport90 days ✓30 days
Entry, UK passport90 days ✓30 days

Getting there and around

MetricEncarnaciónPunta Cana
Non-stop airport destinations1592 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)3 ✓2
Transit (1–5, editorial)2 ✓1

Climate and air

MetricEncarnaciónPunta Cana
Comfortable months per year68 ✓
Annual mean PM2.513 µg/m³12.8 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Encarnación or Punta Cana?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Encarnación or Punta Cana safer?
Punta Cana scores higher on safety (57 vs 55), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Encarnación or Punta Cana?
Encarnación: a measured median of 23.8 Mbps versus 9.9 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); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.