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Nadi vs Port Vila

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Under balanced weights Port Vila edges it, 58 to 56, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Nadi is stronger on quality of life, getting there & around; Port Vila on climate, safety. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 4.3 of 56 points (scores 38/100)Safety: 8.5 of 56 points (scores 77/100)Healthcare: 5.9 of 56 points (scores 53/100)Internet: 4.9 of 56 points (scores 44/100)Visa ease: 5.8 of 56 points (scores 52/100)Getting there & around: 4.2 of 56 points (scores 38/100)Climate: 5.6 of 56 points (scores 50/100)Air quality: 10.7 of 56 points (scores 97/100)Quality of life: 5.6 of 56 points (scores 50/100)56
Nadi
out of 100

Fiji's airport town, the jumping-off point for the resort islands

Full Nadi profile →Where to stay in Nadi →
Safety: 12.7 of 58 points (scores 89/100)Healthcare: 6.3 of 58 points (scores 44/100)Visa ease: 7.5 of 58 points (scores 52/100)Getting there & around: 3.3 of 58 points (scores 23/100)Climate: 9.5 of 58 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 14.3 of 58 points (scores 100/100)Quality of life: 3.9 of 58 points (scores 28/100)58
Port Vila
out of 100

Vanuatu's harbour-side capital: duty-free, cyclone-prone and small

Full Port Vila profile →Where to stay in Port Vila →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricNadiPort Vila
Cost of living38no data
Safety7789 ✓
Healthcare53 ✓44
Internet44no data
Visa ease5252
Getting there & around38 ✓23
Climate5067 ✓
Air quality97100 ✓
Quality of life50 ✓28

Cost

MetricNadiPort Vila
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$1,742no data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricNadiPort Vila
Homicides per 100k2.370.33 ✓
Political stability (0–100)82.8 ✓82.3
UHC service coverage (0–100)69 ✓52
Life expectancy65.5 yrs66.3 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricNadiPort Vila
Download9.6 Mbpsno data
Upload4.2 Mbpsno data

Visa

MetricNadiPort Vila
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport120 days120 days
Entry, EU passport120 days120 days
Entry, UK passport120 days120 days

Getting there and around

MetricNadiPort Vila
Non-stop airport destinations16 ✓6
Walkability (1–5, editorial)22
Transit (1–5, editorial)2 ✓1

Climate and air

MetricNadiPort Vila
Comfortable months per year68 ✓
Annual mean PM2.56.5 µg/m³4.1 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Nadi or Port Vila?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Nadi or Port Vila safer?
Port Vila scores higher on safety (89 vs 77), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Nadi or Port Vila?
M-Lab has no reliable measurement for one of the two cities.

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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.