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Fès vs Sfax

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Under balanced weights Sfax edges it, 54 to 53, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Fès is stronger on safety; Sfax on climate. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 5.5 of 53 points (scores 50/100)Safety: 6.7 of 53 points (scores 61/100)Healthcare: 6.8 of 53 points (scores 61/100)Internet: 4.1 of 53 points (scores 37/100)Visa ease: 5.1 of 53 points (scores 46/100)Getting there & around: 5.6 of 53 points (scores 50/100)Climate: 4.6 of 53 points (scores 42/100)Air quality: 9.3 of 53 points (scores 84/100)Quality of life: 4.7 of 53 points (scores 43/100)53
Fès
out of 100

Medieval medina city and Morocco's cultural capital

Full Fès profile →Where to stay in Fès →
Cost of living: 5.4 of 54 points (scores 49/100)Safety: 5.4 of 54 points (scores 48/100)Healthcare: 7.8 of 54 points (scores 70/100)Internet: 3.8 of 54 points (scores 34/100)Visa ease: 5.6 of 54 points (scores 50/100)Getting there & around: 6.1 of 54 points (scores 55/100)Climate: 6.5 of 54 points (scores 58/100)Air quality: 8.3 of 54 points (scores 75/100)Quality of life: 5.3 of 54 points (scores 48/100)54
Sfax
out of 100

Tunisia's working second city: a walled medina, a busy port and the ferry to Kerkennah

Full Sfax profile →Where to stay in Sfax →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricFèsSfax
Cost of living50 ✓49
Safety61 ✓48
Healthcare6170 ✓
Internet37 ✓34
Visa ease4650 ✓
Getting there & around5055 ✓
Climate4258 ✓
Air quality84 ✓75
Quality of life4348 ✓

Cost

MetricFèsSfax
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$1,300 ✓$1,332
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricFèsSfax
Homicides per 100k1.67 ✓4.69
Political stability (0–100)56.1 ✓53.4
UHC service coverage (0–100)6576 ✓
Life expectancy72.6 yrs74.1 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricFèsSfax
Download9.3 Mbps ✓7.3 Mbps
Upload0.7 Mbps0.8 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricFèsSfax
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days120 days ✓
Entry, EU passport90 days120 days ✓
Entry, UK passport90 days90 days

Getting there and around

MetricFèsSfax
Non-stop airport destinations3557 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)33
Transit (1–5, editorial)22

Climate and air

MetricFèsSfax
Comfortable months per year57 ✓
Annual mean PM2.512.4 µg/m³ ✓16.2 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Fès or Sfax?
Fès is cheaper: about $1,300 per month versus $1,332 for one person.
Is Fès or Sfax safer?
Fès scores higher on safety (61 vs 48), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Fès or Sfax?
Fès: a measured median of 9.3 Mbps versus 7.3 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); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); 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.