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Nouméa vs Port Louis

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Port Louis edges it, 71 to 71, winning 4 of the 9 factors. Nouméa is stronger on nothing outright; Port Louis on visa ease. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 11.2 of 71 points (scores 67/100)Internet: 11.1 of 71 points (scores 66/100)Visa ease: 10.1 of 71 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 6.9 of 71 points (scores 41/100)Climate: 15.3 of 71 points (scores 92/100)Air quality: 16.7 of 71 points (scores 100/100)71
Nouméa
out of 100

French Pacific capital on a UNESCO lagoon, expensive and politically tense

Full Nouméa profile →Where to stay in Nouméa →
Cost of living: 5.8 of 71 points (scores 52/100)Safety: 8.3 of 71 points (scores 75/100)Healthcare: 7.6 of 71 points (scores 68/100)Internet: 7.2 of 71 points (scores 65/100)Visa ease: 8.6 of 71 points (scores 77/100)Getting there & around: 5.5 of 71 points (scores 49/100)Climate: 11.1 of 71 points (scores 100/100)Air quality: 10.0 of 71 points (scores 90/100)Quality of life: 7.3 of 71 points (scores 66/100)71
Port Louis
out of 100

Indian Ocean island with a one-year nomad visa

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

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricNouméaPort Louis
Cost of livingno data52
Safety6775 ✓
Healthcareno data68
Internet66 ✓65
Visa ease6177 ✓
Getting there & around4149 ✓
Climate92100 ✓
Air quality100 ✓90
Quality of lifeno data66

Cost

MetricNouméaPort Louis
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno data$1,230
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricNouméaPort Louis
Homicides per 100kno data2.67
Political stability (0–100)70.781.9 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)no data75
Life expectancyno data73.4 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricNouméaPort Louis
Download31 Mbps ✓30.1 Mbps
Upload13.6 Mbps ✓9.8 Mbps

Visa

MetricNouméaPort Louis
Nomad visanone listedPremium Visa (long-stay remote work visa) ✓
Minimum income for the visano data$1,500/mo
Entry, US passport90 days90 days
Entry, EU passportunlimited ✓90 days
Entry, UK passport90 days90 days

Getting there and around

MetricNouméaPort Louis
Non-stop airport destinations1431 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)33
Transit (1–5, editorial)22

Climate and air

MetricNouméaPort Louis
Comfortable months per year1112 ✓
Annual mean PM2.53.9 µg/m³ ✓9.4 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Nouméa or Port Louis?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Nouméa or Port Louis safer?
Port Louis scores higher on safety (75 vs 67), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Nouméa or Port Louis?
Nouméa: a measured median of 31 Mbps versus 30.1 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); 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); Nostos long-stay visa guides; Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.