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Paramaribo vs Sucre

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Under balanced weights Paramaribo edges it, 51 to 50, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Paramaribo is stronger on air quality, getting there & around, healthcare; Sucre on visa ease. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 8.3 of 51 points (scores 66/100)Healthcare: 7.8 of 51 points (scores 63/100)Internet: 5.4 of 51 points (scores 43/100)Visa ease: 0.8 of 51 points (scores 6/100)Getting there & around: 5.2 of 51 points (scores 41/100)Climate: 7.3 of 51 points (scores 58/100)Air quality: 10.0 of 51 points (scores 80/100)Quality of life: 6.1 of 51 points (scores 49/100)51
Paramaribo
out of 100

Dutch-Creole capital on the Suriname river, UNESCO wooden centre and Amazon trips

Full Paramaribo profile →Where to stay in Paramaribo →
Safety: 7.2 of 49 points (scores 58/100)Healthcare: 6.5 of 49 points (scores 52/100)Internet: 6.0 of 49 points (scores 48/100)Visa ease: 5.3 of 49 points (scores 42/100)Getting there & around: 3.6 of 49 points (scores 29/100)Climate: 6.3 of 49 points (scores 50/100)Air quality: 8.0 of 49 points (scores 64/100)Quality of life: 6.7 of 49 points (scores 54/100)50
Sucre
out of 100

Whitewashed colonial capital, slow and cheap

Full Sucre profile →Where to stay in Sucre →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricParamariboSucre
Cost of livingno datano data
Safety66 ✓58
Healthcare63 ✓52
Internet4348 ✓
Visa ease642 ✓
Getting there & around41 ✓29
Climate58 ✓50
Air quality80 ✓64
Quality of life4954 ✓

Cost

MetricParamariboSucre
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno datano data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricParamariboSucre
Homicides per 100k4.263.65 ✓
Political stability (0–100)76.1 ✓62.7
UHC service coverage (0–100)74 ✓67
Life expectancy69.8 yrs ✓65.4 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricParamariboSucre
Download8.8 Mbps10.5 Mbps ✓
Upload4 Mbps7.4 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricParamariboSucre
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passportvisa requiredvisa on arrival ✓
Entry, EU passportvisa required90 days ✓
Entry, UK passportvisa required90 days ✓

Getting there and around

MetricParamariboSucre
Non-stop airport destinations14 ✓4
Walkability (1–5, editorial)34 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)2 ✓1

Climate and air

MetricParamariboSucre
Comfortable months per year7 ✓6
Annual mean PM2.514 µg/m³ ✓21.1 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Paramaribo or Sucre?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Paramaribo or Sucre safer?
Paramaribo scores higher on safety (66 vs 58), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Paramaribo or Sucre?
Sucre: a measured median of 10.5 Mbps versus 8.8 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); 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); OpenFlights airports and routes; 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); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.