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Livingstone vs Taghazout

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Under balanced weights Taghazout edges it, 57 to 50, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Livingstone is stronger on nothing outright; Taghazout on quality of life, healthcare. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 6.7 of 50 points (scores 54/100)Healthcare: 6.4 of 50 points (scores 51/100)Internet: 4.2 of 50 points (scores 34/100)Visa ease: 5.8 of 50 points (scores 46/100)Getting there & around: 1.4 of 50 points (scores 11/100)Climate: 12.5 of 50 points (scores 100/100)Air quality: 9.5 of 50 points (scores 76/100)Quality of life: 3.7 of 50 points (scores 29/100)50
Livingstone
out of 100

Zambia's tourist town beside Victoria Falls

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Cost of living: 6.8 of 57 points (scores 61/100)Safety: 6.7 of 57 points (scores 61/100)Healthcare: 7.4 of 57 points (scores 67/100)Internet: 4.3 of 57 points (scores 39/100)Visa ease: 5.1 of 57 points (scores 46/100)Getting there & around: 2.3 of 57 points (scores 21/100)Climate: 11.1 of 57 points (scores 100/100)Air quality: 8.3 of 57 points (scores 75/100)Quality of life: 5.1 of 57 points (scores 46/100)57
Taghazout
out of 100

Surf village north of Agadir with coworking camps

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Where they differ

  • Quality of life. Taghazout leads on quality of life, 46 to 29, against Livingstone.
  • Healthcare. Taghazout leads on healthcare, 67 to 51, against Livingstone. Health coverage index: 62 vs 65.
  • Getting there & around. Taghazout leads on getting there & around, 21 to 11, against Livingstone. Non-stop airport destinations: 6 vs 74.

Where they are close. Within five points on air quality, visa ease, climate.

Pick Livingstone if you want

  • no clear edge over Taghazout in the data

Pick Taghazout if you want

  • faster internet (9.8 Mbps measured)
  • the safer country figures
  • stronger healthcare

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricLivingstoneTaghazout
Cost of livingno data61
Safety5461 ✓
Healthcare5167 ✓
Internet3439 ✓
Visa ease4646
Getting there & around1121 ✓
Climate100100
Air quality76 ✓75
Quality of life2946 ✓

Cost

MetricLivingstoneTaghazout
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno data$1,300
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricLivingstoneTaghazout
Homicides per 100k5.91.67 ✓
Political stability (0–100)64.6 ✓56.1
UHC service coverage (0–100)6265 ✓
Life expectancy65.2 yrs75.2 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricLivingstoneTaghazout
Download5.8 Mbps9.8 Mbps ✓
Upload1.8 Mbps ✓0.8 Mbps

Visa

MetricLivingstoneTaghazout
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days90 days
Entry, EU passport90 days90 days
Entry, UK passport90 days90 days

Getting there and around

MetricLivingstoneTaghazout
Non-stop airport destinations674 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)33
Transit (1–5, editorial)11

Climate and air

MetricLivingstoneTaghazout
Comfortable months per year1212
Annual mean PM2.515.9 µg/m³ ✓16.2 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Livingstone or Taghazout?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Livingstone or Taghazout safer?
Taghazout scores higher on safety (61 vs 54), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Livingstone or Taghazout?
Taghazout: a measured median of 9.8 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; 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.