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Lomé vs Yangon

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Under balanced weights Yangon edges it, 41 to 35, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Lomé is stronger on nothing outright; Yangon on healthcare. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

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 →
Cost of living: 7.5 of 41 points (scores 68/100)Safety: 3.5 of 41 points (scores 32/100)Healthcare: 5.1 of 41 points (scores 46/100)Internet: 4.9 of 41 points (scores 44/100)Visa ease: 3.6 of 41 points (scores 32/100)Getting there & around: 4.8 of 41 points (scores 43/100)Climate: 4.6 of 41 points (scores 42/100)Air quality: 4.8 of 41 points (scores 43/100)Quality of life: 2.5 of 41 points (scores 22/100)41
Yangon
out of 100

Myanmar's largest city, now largely off-limits under an ongoing civil conflict

Full Yangon profile →Where to stay in Yangon →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricLoméYangon
Cost of livingno data68
Safety39 ✓32
Healthcare3546 ✓
Internet3844 ✓
Visa ease3232
Getting there & around44 ✓43
Climate3342 ✓
Air quality4043 ✓
Quality of life1722 ✓

Cost

MetricLoméYangon
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno data$820
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricLoméYangon
Homicides per 100k8.53.9 ✓
Political stability (0–100)50.7 ✓28.5
UHC service coverage (0–100)4252 ✓
Life expectancy63.9 yrs67.8 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricLoméYangon
Download6.1 Mbps8.1 Mbps ✓
Upload4.8 Mbps8 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricLoméYangon
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

MetricLoméYangon
Non-stop airport destinations32 ✓29
Walkability (1–5, editorial)3 ✓2
Transit (1–5, editorial)12 ✓

Climate and air

MetricLoméYangon
Comfortable months per year45 ✓
Annual mean PM2.531.9 µg/m³30.7 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Lomé or Yangon?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Lomé or Yangon safer?
Lomé scores higher on safety (39 vs 32), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Lomé or Yangon?
Yangon: a measured median of 8.1 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.