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Košice vs Macau

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Under balanced weights Macau edges it, 70 to 68, winning 2 of the 9 factors. Košice is stronger on air quality; Macau on safety. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 4.1 of 68 points (scores 37/100)Safety: 8.8 of 68 points (scores 80/100)Healthcare: 8.0 of 68 points (scores 72/100)Internet: 9.3 of 68 points (scores 84/100)Visa ease: 6.7 of 68 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 9.4 of 68 points (scores 85/100)Climate: 4.6 of 68 points (scores 42/100)Air quality: 8.4 of 68 points (scores 76/100)Quality of life: 9.0 of 68 points (scores 81/100)68
Košice
out of 100

Slovakia's eastern capital with a Gothic core and IT jobs

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Safety: 15.4 of 70 points (scores 93/100)Internet: 14.8 of 70 points (scores 89/100)Visa ease: 9.4 of 70 points (scores 56/100)Getting there & around: 12.5 of 70 points (scores 75/100)Climate: 7.0 of 70 points (scores 42/100)Air quality: 10.8 of 70 points (scores 65/100)70
Macau
out of 100

Casino city with a Portuguese old town and a tiny footprint

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricKošiceMacau
Cost of living37no data
Safety8093 ✓
Healthcare72no data
Internet8489 ✓
Visa ease61 ✓56
Getting there & around85 ✓75
Climate4242
Air quality76 ✓65
Quality of life81no data

Cost

MetricKošiceMacau
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$1,793no data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricKošiceMacau
Homicides per 100k1.070.14 ✓
Political stability (0–100)77.384.3 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)78no data
Life expectancy74.5 yrsno data

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricKošiceMacau
Download74.4 Mbps100.4 Mbps ✓
Upload39.2 Mbps47.5 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricKošiceMacau
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days ✓30 days
Entry, EU passportunlimited ✓90 days
Entry, UK passport90 days180 days ✓

Getting there and around

MetricKošiceMacau
Non-stop airport destinations152153 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)5 ✓4
Transit (1–5, editorial)4 ✓3

Climate and air

MetricKošiceMacau
Comfortable months per year55
Annual mean PM2.515.9 µg/m³ ✓20.7 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Košice or Macau?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Košice or Macau safer?
Macau scores higher on safety (93 vs 80), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Košice or Macau?
Macau: a measured median of 100.4 Mbps versus 74.4 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); 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.