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Entebbe vs Luanda

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Under balanced weights Entebbe edges it, 46 to 45, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Entebbe is stronger on quality of life, healthcare; Luanda on climate. 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

Full Entebbe profile →Where to stay in Entebbe →
Safety: 5.5 of 45 points (scores 44/100)Healthcare: 4.1 of 45 points (scores 33/100)Internet: 4.4 of 45 points (scores 36/100)Visa ease: 4.2 of 45 points (scores 33/100)Getting there & around: 5.1 of 45 points (scores 41/100)Climate: 11.5 of 45 points (scores 92/100)Air quality: 7.1 of 45 points (scores 57/100)Quality of life: 2.9 of 45 points (scores 23/100)45
Luanda
out of 100

Angola's oil capital on a bay, with the Ilha beach strip and new visa-free entry

Full Luanda profile →Where to stay in Luanda →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricEntebbeLuanda
Cost of livingno datano data
Safety3944 ✓
Healthcare45 ✓33
Internet41 ✓36
Visa ease3233 ✓
Getting there & around42 ✓41
Climate6792 ✓
Air quality62 ✓57
Quality of life38 ✓23

Cost

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

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricEntebbeLuanda
Homicides per 100k8.828.7 ✓
Political stability (0–100)50.457.9 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)54 ✓44
Life expectancy66 yrs ✓62.1 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricEntebbeLuanda
Download8 Mbps ✓5.7 Mbps
Upload3.8 Mbps ✓3.2 Mbps

Visa

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

Getting there and around

MetricEntebbeLuanda
Non-stop airport destinations2536 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)3 ✓2
Transit (1–5, editorial)11

Climate and air

MetricEntebbeLuanda
Comfortable months per year811 ✓
Annual mean PM2.522.2 µg/m³ ✓24.4 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Entebbe or Luanda?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Entebbe or Luanda safer?
Luanda scores higher on safety (44 vs 39), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Entebbe or Luanda?
Entebbe: a measured median of 8 Mbps versus 5.7 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); Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population; 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); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.