Which is cheaper, Olsztyn or Radom?

Olsztyn and Radom cost about the same: roughly $1,300 per month for one person.

Is Olsztyn or Radom safer?

Olsztyn and Radom score the same on safety (83), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Olsztyn or Radom?

Olsztyn: a measured median of 37.4 Mbps versus 31.3 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Olsztyn vs Radom

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Olsztyn edges it, 65 to 64, 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.

Olsztyn

out of 100

Lake-district capital with a Gothic castle and new trams

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Radom

out of 100

Affordable Mazovian industrial city within reach of Warsaw

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Where they differ

Air quality. Olsztyn leads on air quality, 78 to 73, against Radom. PM2.5: 14.7 µg/m³ vs 17.1 µg/m³.

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

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faster internet (37.4 Mbps measured)

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no clear edge over Olsztyn in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Olsztyn	Radom
Cost of living	61	61
Safety	83	83
Healthcare	81	81
Internet	70 ✓	67
Visa ease	61	61
Getting there & around	37 ✓	35
Climate	25	25
Air quality	78 ✓	73
Quality of life	85	85

Cost

Metric	Olsztyn	Radom
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$1,300	$1,300
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Olsztyn	Radom
Homicides per 100k	0.68	0.68
Political stability (0–100)	77.8	77.8
UHC service coverage (0–100)	82	82
Life expectancy	78.1 yrs	78.1 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Olsztyn	Radom
Download	37.4 Mbps ✓	31.3 Mbps
Upload	18.5 Mbps ✓	14.6 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Olsztyn	Radom
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	90 days	90 days
Entry, EU passport	unlimited	unlimited
Entry, UK passport	90 days	90 days

Getting there and around

Metric	Olsztyn	Radom
Non-stop airport destinations	86	142 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	4 ✓	3
Transit (1–5, editorial)	3 ✓	2

Climate and air

Metric	Olsztyn	Radom
Comfortable months per year	3	3
Annual mean PM2.5	14.7 µg/m³ ✓	17.1 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Olsztyn or Radom?: Olsztyn and Radom cost about the same: roughly $1,300 per month for one person.
Is Olsztyn or Radom safer?: Olsztyn and Radom score the same on safety (83), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Olsztyn or Radom?: Olsztyn: a measured median of 37.4 Mbps versus 31.3 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); 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.