Which is cheaper, Oxford or Slough?

Oxford and Slough cost about the same: roughly $2,900 per month for one person.

Is Oxford or Slough safer?

Oxford and Slough score the same on safety (76), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Oxford or Slough?

Oxford: a measured median of 61.2 Mbps versus 55.1 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Oxford vs Slough

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights the two cities tie at 68. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Oxford

out of 100

University city an hour from London, with housing costs to match

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Slough

out of 100

Data-centre town next to Heathrow and Windsor

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Where they differ

Climate. Slough leads on climate, 25 to 17, against Oxford. Comfortable months: 2 vs 3.

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

Pick Oxford if you want

no clear edge over Slough in the data

Pick Slough if you want

no clear edge over Oxford in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Oxford	Slough
Cost of living	22	22
Safety	76	76
Healthcare	88	88
Internet	78 ✓	76
Visa ease	77	77
Getting there & around	57	57
Climate	17	25 ✓
Air quality	95 ✓	94
Quality of life	97	97

Cost

Metric	Oxford	Slough
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$2,900	$2,900
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Oxford	Slough
Homicides per 100k	0.93	0.93
Political stability (0–100)	70.7	70.7
UHC service coverage (0–100)	88	88
Life expectancy	80.7 yrs	80.7 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Oxford	Slough
Download	61.2 Mbps ✓	55.1 Mbps
Upload	18.5 Mbps ✓	17.5 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Oxford	Slough
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	eTA required (online, before travel)	eTA required (online, before travel)
Entry, EU passport	180 days	180 days
Entry, UK passport	home country	home country

Getting there and around

Metric	Oxford	Slough
Non-stop airport destinations	226	226
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	4 ✓	3
Transit (1–5, editorial)	3	4 ✓

Climate and air

Metric	Oxford	Slough
Comfortable months per year	2	3 ✓
Annual mean PM2.5	7.1 µg/m³ ✓	7.6 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Oxford or Slough?: Oxford and Slough cost about the same: roughly $2,900 per month for one person.
Is Oxford or Slough safer?: Oxford and Slough score the same on safety (76), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Oxford or Slough?: Oxford: a measured median of 61.2 Mbps versus 55.1 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); 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); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.