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Radom vs Szczecin

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights the two cities tie at 64. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 6.8 of 63 points (scores 61/100)Safety: 9.2 of 63 points (scores 83/100)Healthcare: 9.0 of 63 points (scores 81/100)Internet: 7.4 of 63 points (scores 67/100)Visa ease: 6.7 of 63 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 3.9 of 63 points (scores 35/100)Climate: 2.8 of 63 points (scores 25/100)Air quality: 8.1 of 63 points (scores 73/100)Quality of life: 9.5 of 63 points (scores 85/100)64
Radom
out of 100

Affordable Mazovian industrial city within reach of Warsaw

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Cost of living: 6.8 of 64 points (scores 61/100)Safety: 9.2 of 64 points (scores 83/100)Healthcare: 9.0 of 64 points (scores 81/100)Internet: 7.3 of 64 points (scores 66/100)Visa ease: 6.7 of 64 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 3.4 of 64 points (scores 31/100)Climate: 2.8 of 64 points (scores 25/100)Air quality: 9.1 of 64 points (scores 82/100)Quality of life: 9.5 of 64 points (scores 85/100)64
Szczecin
out of 100

Green port city on the Oder, two hours from Berlin

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Where they differ

  • Air quality. Szczecin leads on air quality, 82 to 73, against Radom. PM2.5: 17.1 µg/m³ vs 13 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 Radom if you want

  • no clear edge over Szczecin in the data

Pick Szczecin if you want

  • no clear edge over Radom in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricRadomSzczecin
Cost of living6161
Safety8383
Healthcare8181
Internet67 ✓66
Visa ease6161
Getting there & around35 ✓31
Climate2525
Air quality7382 ✓
Quality of life8585

Cost

MetricRadomSzczecin
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$1,300$1,300
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricRadomSzczecin
Homicides per 100k0.680.68
Political stability (0–100)77.877.8
UHC service coverage (0–100)8282
Life expectancy78.1 yrs78.1 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricRadomSzczecin
Download31.3 Mbps ✓30.6 Mbps
Upload14.6 Mbps ✓13.3 Mbps

Visa

MetricRadomSzczecin
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days90 days
Entry, EU passportunlimitedunlimited
Entry, UK passport90 days90 days

Getting there and around

MetricRadomSzczecin
Non-stop airport destinations142 ✓7
Walkability (1–5, editorial)34 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)24 ✓

Climate and air

MetricRadomSzczecin
Comfortable months per year33
Annual mean PM2.517.1 µg/m³13 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Radom or Szczecin?
Radom and Szczecin cost about the same: roughly $1,300 per month for one person.
Is Radom or Szczecin safer?
Radom and Szczecin score the same on safety (83), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Radom or Szczecin?
Radom: a measured median of 31.3 Mbps versus 30.6 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.