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Entebbe vs Kigali

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Under balanced weights Kigali edges it, 48 to 46, winning 4 of the 9 factors. Entebbe is stronger on quality of life, air quality; Kigali on safety. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 4.8 of 46 points (scores 39/100)Healthcare: 5.6 of 46 points (scores 45/100)Internet: 5.2 of 46 points (scores 41/100)Visa ease: 4.0 of 46 points (scores 32/100)Getting there & around: 5.2 of 46 points (scores 42/100)Climate: 8.3 of 46 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 7.7 of 46 points (scores 62/100)Quality of life: 4.7 of 46 points (scores 38/100)46
Entebbe
out of 100

Uganda's lakeside airport town, greener and quieter than Kampala

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Cost of living: 7.5 of 48 points (scores 68/100)Safety: 6.8 of 48 points (scores 62/100)Healthcare: 5.6 of 48 points (scores 50/100)Internet: 3.7 of 48 points (scores 33/100)Visa ease: 3.8 of 48 points (scores 34/100)Getting there & around: 4.2 of 48 points (scores 38/100)Climate: 8.3 of 48 points (scores 75/100)Air quality: 5.6 of 48 points (scores 50/100)Quality of life: 2.6 of 48 points (scores 24/100)48
Kigali
out of 100

Africa's cleanest and safest capital

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricEntebbeKigali
Cost of livingno data68
Safety3962 ✓
Healthcare4550 ✓
Internet41 ✓33
Visa ease3234 ✓
Getting there & around42 ✓38
Climate6775 ✓
Air quality62 ✓50
Quality of life38 ✓24

Cost

MetricEntebbeKigali
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno data$820
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricEntebbeKigali
Homicides per 100k8.823.61 ✓
Political stability (0–100)50.467.7 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)5459 ✓
Life expectancy66 yrs67.5 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricEntebbeKigali
Download8 Mbps ✓5.1 Mbps
Upload3.8 Mbps ✓2.6 Mbps

Visa

MetricEntebbeKigali
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passporte-visa requiredvisa on arrival ✓
Entry, EU passporte-visa requiredvisa on arrival ✓
Entry, UK passporte-visa required30 days ✓

Getting there and around

MetricEntebbeKigali
Non-stop airport destinations25 ✓16
Walkability (1–5, editorial)3 ✓2
Transit (1–5, editorial)12 ✓

Climate and air

MetricEntebbeKigali
Comfortable months per year89 ✓
Annual mean PM2.522.2 µg/m³ ✓27.5 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Entebbe or Kigali?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Entebbe or Kigali safer?
Kigali scores higher on safety (62 vs 39), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Entebbe or Kigali?
Entebbe: a measured median of 8 Mbps versus 5.1 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); OpenFlights airports and routes; 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); Monitoring and Dispersion Modelling of PM2.5 in Rwanda (2019–2024); 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.