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Port Blair vs Thiruvananthapuram

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Under balanced weights Port Blair edges it, 52 to 50, winning 2 of the 9 factors. Port Blair is stronger on air quality; Thiruvananthapuram on nothing outright. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 9.8 of 52 points (scores 88/100)Safety: 6.1 of 52 points (scores 55/100)Healthcare: 7.0 of 52 points (scores 63/100)Internet: 7.4 of 52 points (scores 66/100)Visa ease: 3.6 of 52 points (scores 32/100)Getting there & around: 1.8 of 52 points (scores 16/100)Climate: 2.8 of 52 points (scores 25/100)Air quality: 8.3 of 52 points (scores 75/100)Quality of life: 4.8 of 52 points (scores 43/100)52
Port Blair
out of 100

Andaman Islands capital, with ferries to Havelock's beaches and reefs

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Cost of living: 9.8 of 50 points (scores 88/100)Safety: 6.1 of 50 points (scores 55/100)Healthcare: 7.0 of 50 points (scores 63/100)Internet: 7.3 of 50 points (scores 66/100)Visa ease: 3.6 of 50 points (scores 32/100)Getting there & around: 2.1 of 50 points (scores 19/100)Climate: 2.8 of 50 points (scores 25/100)Air quality: 7.0 of 50 points (scores 63/100)Quality of life: 4.8 of 50 points (scores 43/100)50
Thiruvananthapuram
out of 100

Kerala's capital, with Kovalam beach and the Technopark IT campus

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Where they differ

  • Air quality. Port Blair leads on air quality, 75 to 63, against Thiruvananthapuram. PM2.5: 16.3 µg/m³ vs 21.8 µg/m³.

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

Pick Port Blair if you want

  • cleaner air

Pick Thiruvananthapuram if you want

  • no clear edge over Port Blair in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricPort BlairThiruvananthapuram
Cost of living8888
Safety5555
Healthcare6363
Internet66 ✓66
Visa ease3232
Getting there & around1619 ✓
Climate2525
Air quality75 ✓63
Quality of life4343

Cost

MetricPort BlairThiruvananthapuram
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$750$750
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricPort BlairThiruvananthapuram
Homicides per 100k2.722.72
Political stability (0–100)5555
UHC service coverage (0–100)6969
Life expectancy71 yrs71 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricPort BlairThiruvananthapuram
Download29.1 Mbps29.2 Mbps ✓
Upload18.7 Mbps ✓16.1 Mbps

Visa

MetricPort BlairThiruvananthapuram
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passporte-visa requirede-visa required
Entry, EU passporte-visa requirede-visa required
Entry, UK passporte-visa requirede-visa required

Getting there and around

MetricPort BlairThiruvananthapuram
Non-stop airport destinations725 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)33
Transit (1–5, editorial)22

Climate and air

MetricPort BlairThiruvananthapuram
Comfortable months per year33
Annual mean PM2.516.3 µg/m³ ✓21.8 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Port Blair or Thiruvananthapuram?
Port Blair and Thiruvananthapuram cost about the same: roughly $750 per month for one person.
Is Port Blair or Thiruvananthapuram safer?
Port Blair and Thiruvananthapuram score the same on safety (55), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Port Blair or Thiruvananthapuram?
Thiruvananthapuram: a measured median of 29.2 Mbps versus 29.1 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); 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); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.