Which is cheaper, Leicester or Nottingham?

Nottingham is cheaper: about $2,900 per month versus $2,900 for one person.

Is Leicester or Nottingham safer?

Leicester scores higher on safety (76 vs 76), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Leicester or Nottingham?

Nottingham: a measured median of 64 Mbps versus 55.6 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Leicester vs Nottingham

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Leicester edges it, 68 to 68, winning 2 of the 9 factors. Leicester is stronger on nothing outright; Nottingham on nothing outright. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Leicester

out of 100

Diverse Midlands city with cheap rents and fast trains to London

Full Leicester profile →Hotels in the United Kingdom →

Nottingham

out of 100

Midlands student city with trams, cheap living and two universities

Full Nottingham profile →Where to stay in Nottingham →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Leicester	Nottingham
Cost of living	19	19
Safety	76	76
Healthcare	86	86
Internet	76	78 ✓
Visa ease	77	77
Getting there & around	74 ✓	71
Climate	17	17
Air quality	94 ✓	92
Quality of life	96	96

Cost

Metric	Leicester	Nottingham
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	Leicester	Nottingham
Homicides per 100k	0.93	0.93
Political stability (0–100)	70.7	70.7
UHC service coverage (0–100)	88	88
Life expectancy	80.1 yrs	80.1 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Leicester	Nottingham
Download	55.6 Mbps	64 Mbps ✓
Upload	17.5 Mbps	17.7 Mbps ✓

Visa

Metric	Leicester	Nottingham
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	Leicester	Nottingham
Non-stop airport destinations	143 ✓	63
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	4	4
Transit (1–5, editorial)	3	4 ✓

Climate and air

Metric	Leicester	Nottingham
Comfortable months per year	2	2
Annual mean PM2.5	7.5 µg/m³ ✓	8.4 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Leicester or Nottingham?: Nottingham is cheaper: about $2,900 per month versus $2,900 for one person.
Is Leicester or Nottingham safer?: Leicester scores higher on safety (76 vs 76), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Leicester or Nottingham?: Nottingham: a measured median of 64 Mbps versus 55.6 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 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.