Which is cheaper, Hull or Oxford?

Hull and Oxford cost about the same: roughly $2,900 per month for one person.

Is Hull or Oxford safer?

Hull and Oxford score the same on safety (76), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Hull or Oxford?

Hull: a measured median of 93.3 Mbps versus 61.2 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Hull vs Oxford

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights the two cities tie at 68. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Hull

out of 100

Humber port city with low rents and early full fibre

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Oxford

out of 100

University city an hour from London, with housing costs to match

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Where they differ

Internet. Hull leads on internet, 87 to 78, against Oxford. Measured download: 93.3 Mbps vs 61.2 Mbps.
Getting there & around. Oxford leads on getting there & around, 57 to 51, against Hull. Non-stop airport destinations: 215 vs 226.

Where they are close. Within five points on air quality, cost of living, safety, healthcare, visa ease, climate, quality of life.

Pick Hull if you want

faster internet (93.3 Mbps measured)

Pick Oxford if you want

no clear edge over Hull in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Hull	Oxford
Cost of living	22	22
Safety	76	76
Healthcare	88	88
Internet	87 ✓	78
Visa ease	77	77
Getting there & around	51	57 ✓
Climate	17	17
Air quality	93	95 ✓
Quality of life	97	97

Cost

Metric	Hull	Oxford
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$2,900	$2,900
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Hull	Oxford
Homicides per 100k	0.93	0.93
Political stability (0–100)	70.7	70.7
UHC service coverage (0–100)	88	88
Life expectancy	80.7 yrs	80.7 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Hull	Oxford
Download	93.3 Mbps ✓	61.2 Mbps
Upload	47.6 Mbps ✓	18.5 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Hull	Oxford
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	eTA required (online, before travel)	eTA required (online, before travel)
Entry, EU passport	180 days	180 days
Entry, UK passport	home country	home country

Getting there and around

Metric	Hull	Oxford
Non-stop airport destinations	215	226 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	4	4
Transit (1–5, editorial)	2	3 ✓

Climate and air

Metric	Hull	Oxford
Comfortable months per year	2	2
Annual mean PM2.5	8.3 µg/m³	7.1 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Hull or Oxford?: Hull and Oxford cost about the same: roughly $2,900 per month for one person.
Is Hull or Oxford safer?: Hull and Oxford score the same on safety (76), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Hull or Oxford?: Hull: a measured median of 93.3 Mbps versus 61.2 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

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); 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 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.