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Oranjestad vs Rosario

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Under balanced weights Oranjestad edges it, 71 to 66, winning 4 of the 9 factors. Oranjestad is stronger on safety; Rosario on visa ease. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 15.4 of 71 points (scores 92/100)Internet: 11.8 of 71 points (scores 71/100)Visa ease: 10.1 of 71 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 8.4 of 71 points (scores 50/100)Climate: 11.1 of 71 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 14.6 of 71 points (scores 87/100)71
Oranjestad
out of 100

Dutch Caribbean capital outside the hurricane belt

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Cost of living: 6.0 of 66 points (scores 54/100)Safety: 6.8 of 66 points (scores 61/100)Healthcare: 8.1 of 66 points (scores 73/100)Internet: 7.6 of 66 points (scores 68/100)Visa ease: 7.9 of 66 points (scores 71/100)Getting there & around: 5.7 of 66 points (scores 51/100)Climate: 6.5 of 66 points (scores 58/100)Air quality: 9.2 of 66 points (scores 83/100)Quality of life: 8.7 of 66 points (scores 79/100)66
Rosario
out of 100

Riverside city with Buenos Aires culture at lower prices

Full Rosario profile →Where to stay in Rosario →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricOranjestadRosario
Cost of livingno data54
Safety92 ✓61
Healthcareno data73
Internet71 ✓68
Visa ease6171 ✓
Getting there & around5051 ✓
Climate67 ✓58
Air quality87 ✓83
Quality of lifeno data79

Cost

MetricOranjestadRosario
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)

MetricOranjestadRosario
Homicides per 100kno data3.94
Political stability (0–100)87.8 ✓68.4
UHC service coverage (0–100)no data80
Life expectancyno data74.6 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricOranjestadRosario
Download45.5 Mbps ✓37.2 Mbps
Upload9.4 Mbps10 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricOranjestadRosario
Nomad visanone listedDigital nomad transitory residence ✓
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days90 days
Entry, EU passportunlimited ✓90 days
Entry, UK passport90 days90 days

Getting there and around

MetricOranjestadRosario
Non-stop airport destinations35 ✓14
Walkability (1–5, editorial)34 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)23 ✓

Climate and air

MetricOranjestadRosario
Comfortable months per year8 ✓7
Annual mean PM2.510.7 µg/m³ ✓12.7 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Oranjestad or Rosario?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Oranjestad or Rosario safer?
Oranjestad scores higher on safety (92 vs 61), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Oranjestad or Rosario?
Oranjestad: a measured median of 45.5 Mbps versus 37.2 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

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Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); 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.