Where to live in the Palestinian Territories
We track 5 cities in the Palestinian Territories: East Jerusalem, Gaza, Hebron, Khān Yūnis and Nablus. Average temperatures run from 17°C to 21°C. We estimate a couple needs €2,943 to €3,089 a month to live centrally. For foreigners, long-term residency is hard to obtain.
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- Safety
- 52/100
- country-level estimate
- Healthcare
- 54/100
- country-level estimate
- Democracy
- 3.6/10
- estimated
Estimated from World Bank indicators and calibrated to the scales of our reference tables: safety from the country-level homicide rate per 100,000 people (VC.IHR.PSRC.P5, 2022) and Worldwide Governance Indicators Political Stability and Absence of Violence estimate (GOV_WGI_PV.EST, 2025), healthcare from the life expectancy at birth (SP.DYN.LE00.IN, 2024) and current health spending per person in US dollars (SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD, 2023), cost of living from the price level of GDP relative to the United States, from GDP per person in US dollars and at purchasing power parity (NY.GDP.PCAP.CD/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD, 2025) and democracy score from the Worldwide Governance Indicators Voice and Accountability estimate (GOV_WGI_VA.EST, 2025). Source: The World Bank (World Development Indicators, Worldwide Governance Indicators), CC BY 4.0.
Limited data for Palestinian Territories. Figures for safety, healthcare, cost of living and political stability in the Palestinian Territories are country-level estimates from World Bank indicators, each named with its year. We have no tax, English, social openness or internet speed figures for the Palestinian Territories, so the quiz scores those factors conservatively and this page leaves them out.
The 5 cities we track
| City | Size | Setting | Avg temp | Rain a year | Est. cost a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Jerusalem | mid-sized | near the coast | 18°C | 416 mm | €3,089 |
| Gaza | mid-sized | coastal | 21°C | 336 mm | €3,089 |
| Hebron | smaller | near the coast | 17°C | 406 mm | €2,971 |
| Khān Yūnis | smaller | coastal | 21°C | 246 mm | €2,980 |
| Nablus | smaller | coastal | 19°C | 581 mm | €2,943 |
Source: City size from GeoNames, temperature from the Open-Meteo archive (2019 to 2023 averages), rainfall from TerraClimate (1991 to 2020 normals), coast distance from Natural Earth. Cost is our model estimate for a couple living centrally, from the World Bank price level.
Residency and visas
Hard to obtain. No general immigration route exists: Israel controls entry and the population registry, and current rules foreclose long-term residence for all foreigners except spouses of Palestinians (a route that is itself largely frozen).
For short visits, 156 of 198 passports can enter visa-free and 42 need a visa in advance.
Source: OurNextCity residency dataset, hand-reviewed approximations researched against published immigration rules. Not legal advice: check the official source before you apply. Short-stay entry from the passport-index dataset (ilyankou, MIT).