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Havana vs Paramaribo

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Havana edges it, 54 to 51, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Havana is stronger on visa ease, healthcare; Paramaribo on internet. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 7.7 of 54 points (scores 62/100)Healthcare: 9.4 of 54 points (scores 76/100)Internet: 1.1 of 54 points (scores 9/100)Visa ease: 4.0 of 54 points (scores 32/100)Getting there & around: 6.3 of 54 points (scores 51/100)Climate: 8.3 of 54 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 9.9 of 54 points (scores 79/100)Quality of life: 7.2 of 54 points (scores 58/100)54
Havana
out of 100

Crumbling, magnetic Caribbean capital where the internet barely works

Full Havana profile →Where to stay in Havana →
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)

MetricHavanaParamaribo
Cost of livingno datano data
Safety6266 ✓
Healthcare76 ✓63
Internet943 ✓
Visa ease32 ✓6
Getting there & around51 ✓41
Climate67 ✓58
Air quality7980 ✓
Quality of life58 ✓49

Cost

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

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricHavanaParamaribo
Homicides per 100k4.464.26 ✓
Political stability (0–100)7176.1 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)86 ✓74
Life expectancy73.7 yrs ✓69.8 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricHavanaParamaribo
Download1.5 Mbps8.8 Mbps ✓
Upload0.5 Mbps4 Mbps ✓

Visa

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

Getting there and around

MetricHavanaParamaribo
Non-stop airport destinations22 ✓14
Walkability (1–5, editorial)4 ✓3
Transit (1–5, editorial)22

Climate and air

MetricHavanaParamaribo
Comfortable months per year8 ✓7
Annual mean PM2.514.3 µg/m³14 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Havana or Paramaribo?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Havana or Paramaribo safer?
Paramaribo scores higher on safety (66 vs 62), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Havana or Paramaribo?
Paramaribo: a measured median of 8.8 Mbps versus 1.5 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.