Leeuwarden vs Tilburg
for digital nomads
Under balanced weights Leeuwarden edges it, 71 to 70, winning 2 of the 9 factors. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.
Frisian capital of canals, a leaning tower and the Wadden islands
Full Leeuwarden profile →Plan a trip to Leeuwarden →Former wool town turned student and music city
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Where they are close. Within five points on getting there & around, air quality, internet, cost of living, safety, healthcare, visa ease, climate, quality of life.
Pick Leeuwarden if you want
- no clear edge over Tilburg in the data
Pick Tilburg if you want
- no clear edge over Leeuwarden in the data
Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)
| Metric | Leeuwarden | Tilburg |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of living | 25 | 25 |
| Safety | 81 | 81 |
| Healthcare | 88 | 88 |
| Internet | 89 | 89 ✓ |
| Visa ease | 61 | 61 |
| Getting there & around | 72 ✓ | 68 |
| Climate | 33 | 33 |
| Air quality | 94 ✓ | 91 |
| Quality of life | 96 | 96 |
Cost
| Metric | Leeuwarden | Tilburg |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city | $2,750 | $2,750 |
| Central one-bedroom rent | no data | no data |
Safety and health (country-level)
| Metric | Leeuwarden | Tilburg |
|---|---|---|
| Homicides per 100k | 0.66 | 0.66 |
| Political stability (0–100) | 75 | 75 |
| UHC service coverage (0–100) | 85 | 85 |
| Life expectancy | 81.6 yrs | 81.6 yrs |
Internet (M-Lab measured medians)
| Metric | Leeuwarden | Tilburg |
|---|---|---|
| Download | 97.1 Mbps | 104.9 Mbps ✓ |
| Upload | 56.6 Mbps ✓ | 49 Mbps |
Visa
| Metric | Leeuwarden | Tilburg |
|---|---|---|
| Nomad visa | none listed | none listed |
| Minimum income for the visa | no data | no data |
| Entry, US passport | 90 days | 90 days |
| Entry, EU passport | unlimited | unlimited |
| Entry, UK passport | 90 days | 90 days |
Getting there and around
| Metric | Leeuwarden | Tilburg |
|---|---|---|
| Non-stop airport destinations | 291 | 298 ✓ |
| Walkability (1–5, editorial) | 5 ✓ | 4 |
| Transit (1–5, editorial) | 3 | 3 |
Climate and air
| Metric | Leeuwarden | Tilburg |
|---|---|---|
| Comfortable months per year | 4 | 4 |
| Annual mean PM2.5 | 7.5 µg/m³ ✓ | 9.1 µg/m³ |
✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Leeuwarden or Tilburg?
- Leeuwarden and Tilburg cost about the same: roughly $2,750 per month for one person.
- Is Leeuwarden or Tilburg safer?
- Leeuwarden and Tilburg score the same on safety (81), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
- Where is the internet faster, Leeuwarden or Tilburg?
- Tilburg: a measured median of 104.9 Mbps versus 97.1 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); 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 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.