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Lagos vs Lomé

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Under balanced weights Lagos edges it, 38 to 35, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Lagos is stronger on quality of life; Lomé on safety. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 7.0 of 38 points (scores 63/100)Safety: 2.2 of 38 points (scores 20/100)Healthcare: 4.1 of 38 points (scores 37/100)Internet: 5.2 of 38 points (scores 47/100)Visa ease: 3.6 of 38 points (scores 32/100)Getting there & around: 4.3 of 38 points (scores 39/100)Climate: 3.7 of 38 points (scores 33/100)Air quality: 3.8 of 38 points (scores 34/100)Quality of life: 3.8 of 38 points (scores 35/100)38
Lagos
out of 100

Africa's biggest city and startup scene

Full Lagos profile →Where to stay in Lagos →
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)

MetricLagosLomé
Cost of living63no data
Safety2039 ✓
Healthcare37 ✓35
Internet47 ✓38
Visa ease3232
Getting there & around3944 ✓
Climate3333
Air quality3440 ✓
Quality of life35 ✓17

Cost

MetricLagosLomé
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$922no data
Central one-bedroom rent$532no data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricLagosLomé
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)

MetricLagosLomé
Download11.2 Mbps ✓6.1 Mbps
Upload4.7 Mbps4.8 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricLagosLomé
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

MetricLagosLomé
Non-stop airport destinations50 ✓32
Walkability (1–5, editorial)13 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)11

Climate and air

MetricLagosLomé
Comfortable months per year44
Annual mean PM2.534.6 µg/m³31.9 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Lagos or Lomé?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Lagos 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, Lagos or Lomé?
Lagos: a measured median of 11.2 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.