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Livingstone vs Maputo

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Livingstone edges it, 50 to 46, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Livingstone is stronger on safety, visa ease, healthcare; Maputo on getting there & around. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 6.7 of 50 points (scores 54/100)Healthcare: 5.3 of 50 points (scores 42/100)Internet: 4.2 of 50 points (scores 34/100)Visa ease: 5.8 of 50 points (scores 46/100)Getting there & around: 3.5 of 50 points (scores 28/100)Climate: 12.5 of 50 points (scores 100/100)Air quality: 9.5 of 50 points (scores 76/100)Quality of life: 2.8 of 50 points (scores 22/100)50
Livingstone
out of 100

Zambia's tourist town beside Victoria Falls

Full Livingstone profile →Where to stay in Livingstone →
Safety: 5.0 of 46 points (scores 40/100)Healthcare: 3.8 of 46 points (scores 30/100)Internet: 5.2 of 46 points (scores 41/100)Visa ease: 4.2 of 46 points (scores 33/100)Getting there & around: 5.0 of 46 points (scores 40/100)Climate: 11.5 of 46 points (scores 92/100)Air quality: 10.2 of 46 points (scores 81/100)Quality of life: 1.4 of 46 points (scores 11/100)46
Maputo
out of 100

Indian Ocean capital with Portuguese flavour

Full Maputo profile →Where to stay in Maputo →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricLivingstoneMaputo
Cost of livingno datano data
Safety54 ✓40
Healthcare42 ✓30
Internet3441 ✓
Visa ease46 ✓33
Getting there & around2840 ✓
Climate100 ✓92
Air quality7681 ✓
Quality of life22 ✓11

Cost

MetricLivingstoneMaputo
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno datano data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricLivingstoneMaputo
Homicides per 100k5.93.3 ✓
Political stability (0–100)64.6 ✓36.6
UHC service coverage (0–100)62 ✓50
Life expectancy61 yrs ✓57.7 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricLivingstoneMaputo
Download5.8 Mbps8.3 Mbps ✓
Upload1.8 Mbps3.2 Mbps ✓

Visa

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

Getting there and around

MetricLivingstoneMaputo
Non-stop airport destinations620 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)3 ✓2
Transit (1–5, editorial)12 ✓

Climate and air

MetricLivingstoneMaputo
Comfortable months per year12 ✓11
Annual mean PM2.515.9 µg/m³13.4 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Livingstone or Maputo?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Livingstone or Maputo safer?
Livingstone scores higher on safety (54 vs 40), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Livingstone or Maputo?
Maputo: a measured median of 8.3 Mbps versus 5.8 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; 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 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.