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Moscow vs Sarajevo

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Sarajevo edges it, 58 to 56, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Moscow is stronger on getting there & around; Sarajevo on visa ease, safety. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 4.9 of 56 points (scores 39/100)Healthcare: 8.4 of 56 points (scores 67/100)Internet: 9.0 of 56 points (scores 72/100)Visa ease: 1.8 of 56 points (scores 15/100)Getting there & around: 10.8 of 56 points (scores 86/100)Climate: 3.1 of 56 points (scores 25/100)Air quality: 9.1 of 56 points (scores 73/100)Quality of life: 8.5 of 56 points (scores 68/100)56
Moscow
out of 100

Europe's biggest city, with a legendary metro and a wall of sanctions

Full Moscow profile →Where to stay in Moscow →
Cost of living: 6.0 of 58 points (scores 54/100)Safety: 7.5 of 58 points (scores 67/100)Healthcare: 7.1 of 58 points (scores 64/100)Internet: 7.6 of 58 points (scores 68/100)Visa ease: 5.1 of 58 points (scores 46/100)Getting there & around: 6.8 of 58 points (scores 61/100)Climate: 2.8 of 58 points (scores 25/100)Air quality: 8.3 of 58 points (scores 75/100)Quality of life: 7.1 of 58 points (scores 64/100)58
Sarajevo
out of 100

Layered history, coffee and low costs

Full Sarajevo profile →Where to stay in Sarajevo →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricMoscowSarajevo
Cost of livingno data54
Safety3967 ✓
Healthcare67 ✓64
Internet72 ✓68
Visa ease1546 ✓
Getting there & around86 ✓61
Climate2525
Air quality7375 ✓
Quality of life68 ✓64

Cost

MetricMoscowSarajevo
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno data$1,178
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricMoscowSarajevo
Homicides per 100k7.820.98 ✓
Political stability (0–100)4959.6 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)81 ✓64
Life expectancy70 yrs74.8 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricMoscowSarajevo
Download41 Mbps ✓38.6 Mbps
Upload19.2 Mbps ✓9.2 Mbps

Visa

MetricMoscowSarajevo
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passportvisa required90 days ✓
Entry, EU passporte-visa required90 days ✓
Entry, UK passportvisa required90 days ✓

Getting there and around

MetricMoscowSarajevo
Non-stop airport destinations171 ✓38
Walkability (1–5, editorial)44
Transit (1–5, editorial)5 ✓3

Climate and air

MetricMoscowSarajevo
Comfortable months per year33
Annual mean PM2.517.3 µg/m³16.3 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Moscow or Sarajevo?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Moscow or Sarajevo safer?
Sarajevo scores higher on safety (67 vs 39), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Moscow or Sarajevo?
Moscow: a measured median of 41 Mbps versus 38.6 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); 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.