Which is cheaper, Mashhad or Tashkent?

We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.

Is Mashhad or Tashkent safer?

Tashkent scores higher on safety (70 vs 41), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Mashhad or Tashkent?

Tashkent: a measured median of 9.2 Mbps versus 6.1 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Mashhad vs Tashkent

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Tashkent edges it, 48 to 44, winning 4 of the 9 factors. Mashhad is stronger on quality of life; Tashkent on safety, visa ease, internet. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Mashhad

out of 100

Iran's pilgrimage city around the Imam Reza shrine

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Tashkent

out of 100

Central Asia's largest city, opening up

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Mashhad	Tashkent
Cost of living	no data	no data
Safety	41	70 ✓
Healthcare	74 ✓	69
Internet	30	47 ✓
Visa ease	15	33 ✓
Getting there & around	64	72 ✓
Climate	42 ✓	33
Air quality	28 ✓	18
Quality of life	56 ✓	41

Cost

Metric	Mashhad	Tashkent
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	no data	no data
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Mashhad	Tashkent
Homicides per 100k	2.9	1.4 ✓
Political stability (0–100)	36	67.4 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)	81 ✓	79
Life expectancy	74.7 yrs ✓	72.2 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Mashhad	Tashkent
Download	6.1 Mbps	9.2 Mbps ✓
Upload	0.6 Mbps	9.4 Mbps ✓

Visa

Metric	Mashhad	Tashkent
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	visa required	e-visa required ✓
Entry, EU passport	visa on arrival ✓	30 days
Entry, UK passport	visa required	30 days ✓

Getting there and around

Metric	Mashhad	Tashkent
Non-stop airport destinations	52	108 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	3	3
Transit (1–5, editorial)	4	4

Climate and air

Metric	Mashhad	Tashkent
Comfortable months per year	5 ✓	4
Annual mean PM2.5	37.6 µg/m³ ✓	42 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Mashhad or Tashkent?: We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Mashhad or Tashkent safer?: Tashkent scores higher on safety (70 vs 41), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Mashhad or Tashkent?: Tashkent: a measured median of 9.2 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); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); 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.