Which is cheaper, Milton Keynes or Portsmouth?

Milton Keynes and Portsmouth cost about the same: roughly $2,900 per month for one person.

Is Milton Keynes or Portsmouth safer?

Milton Keynes and Portsmouth score the same on safety (76), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Milton Keynes or Portsmouth?

Portsmouth: a measured median of 76.7 Mbps versus 59.5 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Milton Keynes vs Portsmouth

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Portsmouth edges it, 70 to 68, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Milton Keynes

out of 100

Planned new town with parks and fast trains to London

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Portsmouth

out of 100

Dense island naval city with ferries to France and Spain

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Where they differ

Climate. Portsmouth leads on climate, 33 to 25, against Milton Keynes. Comfortable months: 3 vs 4.

Where they are close. Within five points on internet, air quality, getting there & around, cost of living, safety, healthcare, visa ease, quality of life.

Pick Milton Keynes if you want

no clear edge over Portsmouth in the data

Pick Portsmouth if you want

faster internet (76.7 Mbps measured)

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Milton Keynes	Portsmouth
Cost of living	22	22
Safety	76	76
Healthcare	88	88
Internet	77	81 ✓
Visa ease	77	77
Getting there & around	57	58 ✓
Climate	25	33 ✓
Air quality	94 ✓	94
Quality of life	97	97

Cost

Metric	Milton Keynes	Portsmouth
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$2,900	$2,900
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Milton Keynes	Portsmouth
Homicides per 100k	0.93	0.93
Political stability (0–100)	70.7	70.7
UHC service coverage (0–100)	88	88
Life expectancy	80.7 yrs	80.7 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Milton Keynes	Portsmouth
Download	59.5 Mbps	76.7 Mbps ✓
Upload	17.7 Mbps	20.8 Mbps ✓

Visa

Metric	Milton Keynes	Portsmouth
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	eTA required (online, before travel)	eTA required (online, before travel)
Entry, EU passport	180 days	180 days
Entry, UK passport	home country	home country

Getting there and around

Metric	Milton Keynes	Portsmouth
Non-stop airport destinations	295 ✓	227
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	3	4 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)	2	3 ✓

Climate and air

Metric	Milton Keynes	Portsmouth
Comfortable months per year	3	4 ✓
Annual mean PM2.5	7.5 µg/m³ ✓	7.8 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Milton Keynes or Portsmouth?: Milton Keynes and Portsmouth cost about the same: roughly $2,900 per month for one person.
Is Milton Keynes or Portsmouth safer?: Milton Keynes and Portsmouth score the same on safety (76), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Milton Keynes or Portsmouth?: Portsmouth: a measured median of 76.7 Mbps versus 59.5 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

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); 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.