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Lugano vs Lund

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Under balanced weights Lund edges it, 71 to 71, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Lugano is stronger on nothing outright; Lund on cost of living. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 0.7 of 70 points (scores 6/100)Safety: 10.0 of 70 points (scores 90/100)Healthcare: 10.0 of 70 points (scores 90/100)Internet: 9.9 of 70 points (scores 89/100)Visa ease: 6.7 of 70 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 9.0 of 70 points (scores 81/100)Climate: 3.7 of 70 points (scores 33/100)Air quality: 10.0 of 70 points (scores 90/100)Quality of life: 10.4 of 70 points (scores 94/100)71
Lugano
out of 100

Italian-speaking Switzerland on a lake, an hour from Milan

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Cost of living: 1.8 of 71 points (scores 17/100)Safety: 9.2 of 71 points (scores 83/100)Healthcare: 9.8 of 71 points (scores 88/100)Internet: 9.9 of 71 points (scores 89/100)Visa ease: 6.7 of 71 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 9.2 of 71 points (scores 83/100)Climate: 2.8 of 71 points (scores 25/100)Air quality: 10.8 of 71 points (scores 97/100)Quality of life: 10.7 of 71 points (scores 97/100)71
Lund
out of 100

Tiny medieval university town between Malmö and Copenhagen

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricLuganoLund
Cost of living617 ✓
Safety90 ✓83
Healthcare90 ✓88
Internet8989 ✓
Visa ease6161
Getting there & around8183 ✓
Climate33 ✓25
Air quality9097 ✓
Quality of life9497 ✓

Cost

MetricLuganoLund
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$4,000$3,050 ✓
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricLuganoLund
Homicides per 100k0.5 ✓0.87
Political stability (0–100)85.2 ✓80.5
UHC service coverage (0–100)87 ✓85
Life expectancy83.3 yrs ✓82.7 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricLuganoLund
Download99 Mbps102.8 Mbps ✓
Upload56 Mbps ✓50.6 Mbps

Visa

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

Getting there and around

MetricLuganoLund
Non-stop airport destinations283 ✓203
Walkability (1–5, editorial)45 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)33

Climate and air

MetricLuganoLund
Comfortable months per year4 ✓3
Annual mean PM2.59.3 µg/m³6.3 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Lugano or Lund?
Lund is cheaper: about $3,050 per month versus $4,000 for one person.
Is Lugano or Lund safer?
Lugano scores higher on safety (90 vs 83), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Lugano or Lund?
Lund: a measured median of 102.8 Mbps versus 99 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); 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.