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Ibadan vs Lomé

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Under balanced weights Ibadan edges it, 36 to 35, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Ibadan is stronger on quality of life; Lomé on safety, air quality. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 6.4 of 36 points (scores 57/100)Safety: 2.2 of 36 points (scores 20/100)Healthcare: 4.1 of 36 points (scores 37/100)Internet: 4.1 of 36 points (scores 37/100)Visa ease: 3.6 of 36 points (scores 32/100)Getting there & around: 4.9 of 36 points (scores 44/100)Climate: 4.6 of 36 points (scores 42/100)Air quality: 2.6 of 36 points (scores 24/100)Quality of life: 3.8 of 36 points (scores 35/100)36
Ibadan
out of 100

Nigeria's sprawling university city, cheaper and slower than Lagos, with a train between the two

Full Ibadan profile →Where to stay in Ibadan →
Safety: 4.9 of 35 points (scores 39/100)Healthcare: 4.3 of 35 points (scores 35/100)Internet: 4.8 of 35 points (scores 38/100)Visa ease: 4.0 of 35 points (scores 32/100)Getting there & around: 5.5 of 35 points (scores 44/100)Climate: 4.2 of 35 points (scores 33/100)Air quality: 5.0 of 35 points (scores 40/100)Quality of life: 2.2 of 35 points (scores 17/100)35
Lomé
out of 100

Togo's low-key seaside capital with a beach boulevard and the Ghana border in town

Full Lomé profile →Where to stay in Lomé →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricIbadanLomé
Cost of living57no data
Safety2039 ✓
Healthcare37 ✓35
Internet3738 ✓
Visa ease3232
Getting there & around4444 ✓
Climate42 ✓33
Air quality2440 ✓
Quality of life35 ✓17

Cost

MetricIbadanLomé
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$1,076no data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricIbadanLomé
Homicides per 100k15.758.5 ✓
Political stability (0–100)35.150.7 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)47 ✓42
Life expectancy63.4 yrs63.9 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricIbadanLomé
Download6.7 Mbps ✓6.1 Mbps
Upload2.5 Mbps4.8 Mbps ✓

Visa

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

Getting there and around

MetricIbadanLomé
Non-stop airport destinations50 ✓32
Walkability (1–5, editorial)23 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)11

Climate and air

MetricIbadanLomé
Comfortable months per year5 ✓4
Annual mean PM2.539.3 µg/m³31.9 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Ibadan or Lomé?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Ibadan or Lomé safer?
Lomé scores higher on safety (39 vs 20), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Ibadan or Lomé?
Ibadan: a measured median of 6.7 Mbps versus 6.1 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); 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); 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); 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.