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Meknes vs Oran

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Under balanced weights the two cities tie. Meknes is stronger on visa ease; Oran on climate. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 5.5 of 54 points (scores 50/100)Safety: 6.7 of 54 points (scores 61/100)Healthcare: 6.8 of 54 points (scores 61/100)Internet: 4.0 of 54 points (scores 36/100)Visa ease: 5.1 of 54 points (scores 46/100)Getting there & around: 5.6 of 54 points (scores 50/100)Climate: 5.6 of 54 points (scores 50/100)Air quality: 9.5 of 54 points (scores 86/100)Quality of life: 4.7 of 54 points (scores 43/100)54
Meknes
out of 100

Imperial city with a UNESCO medina, Roman Volubilis and far fewer tourists than Fès

Full Meknes profile →Hotels in Morocco →
Safety: 7.6 of 54 points (scores 61/100)Healthcare: 8.7 of 54 points (scores 69/100)Internet: 4.9 of 54 points (scores 39/100)Visa ease: 0.8 of 54 points (scores 6/100)Getting there & around: 6.8 of 54 points (scores 54/100)Climate: 8.3 of 54 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 10.4 of 54 points (scores 83/100)Quality of life: 6.3 of 54 points (scores 50/100)54
Oran
out of 100

Algeria's Mediterranean second city, home of raï music and Spanish-French architecture

Full Oran profile →Where to stay in Oran →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricMeknesOran
Cost of living50no data
Safety6161
Healthcare6169 ✓
Internet3639 ✓
Visa ease46 ✓6
Getting there & around5054 ✓
Climate5067 ✓
Air quality86 ✓83
Quality of life4350 ✓

Cost

MetricMeknesOran
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$1,300no data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricMeknesOran
Homicides per 100k1.671.38 ✓
Political stability (0–100)56.1 ✓54
UHC service coverage (0–100)6570 ✓
Life expectancy72.6 yrs76 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricMeknesOran
Download8.6 Mbps10 Mbps ✓
Upload0.7 Mbps0.8 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricMeknesOran
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days ✓visa required
Entry, EU passport90 days ✓visa required
Entry, UK passport90 days ✓visa required

Getting there and around

MetricMeknesOran
Non-stop airport destinations35 ✓31
Walkability (1–5, editorial)33
Transit (1–5, editorial)23 ✓

Climate and air

MetricMeknesOran
Comfortable months per year68 ✓
Annual mean PM2.511.4 µg/m³ ✓12.6 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Meknes or Oran?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Meknes or Oran safer?
Meknes scores higher on safety (61 vs 61), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Meknes or Oran?
Oran: a measured median of 10 Mbps versus 8.6 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); 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.