Dakar vs Maputo

Dakar leads Maputo by 1 points on the TRAIL Index, 49 to 48. Dakar grades better on 7 measures, Maputo on 4; the same 37 measures from public sources for both.

Scores by each organisation's criteria

• TRAIL Index: Dakar 49, Maputo 48
• OECD: Dakar 44, Maputo 43
• UN Tourism: Dakar 48, Maputo 49
• UNDRR: Dakar 51, Maputo 30

Theme by theme

• Demand and seasonality: Dakar 25, Maputo 50
• Economy and jobs: Dakar 33, Maputo 0
• Climate and hazards: Dakar 45, Maputo 25
• Water and environment: Dakar 38, Maputo 58
• Community and housing: Dakar 75, Maputo 92
• Access and continuity: Dakar 63, Maputo 33

Where Dakar is stronger

• Extreme heat days: 0 days a year at or above 35°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). At or below 5: grade 4/4.
• Flood hazard: medium (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 2/4.
• Country disaster risk: 4.6 INFORM Risk index, 0–10 (country figure) (INFORM Risk (European Commission JRC), INFORM Risk Mid 2026, 2026). Between 3.5 and 5: grade 2/4.
• Access redundancy: 4 independent ways in: international airport, intercity rail, port, motorway (metro figure) (APIX-SA & Port Autonome de Dakar, 2025–2026). At or above 4: grade 4/4.
• Tourism crisis and recovery plan: A plan with named owners, operators and recovery funding (Ministère du Tourisme et des Transports aériens du Sénégal / Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (APS), 2020). Grade 3/4.
• Government effectiveness: 58.5 World Bank WGI percentile rank, 0–100 (country figure) (World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2025). Between 40 and 60: grade 2/4.
• Dedicated tourism funding: A dedicated source such as a tourist tax or levy (Au-Senegal / Agence Sénégalaise de Promotion Touristique (ASPT), 2024). Grade 2/4.

Where Maputo is stronger

• Domestic share of nights: 50.7 % of nights by residents of the same country (Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Moçambique, Anuário Estatístico, Cidade de Maputo, 2025, 2025). At or above 45: grade 4/4.
• Water scarcity: low (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 3/4.
• Municipal waste per resident: 197 kg per resident per year (World Bank / Associação Moçambicana de Reciclagem (citing Sarmento dos Muchangos et al. / Maputo Municipal Council), 2017). At or below 350: grade 4/4.
• Rent growth: 6 % change in rents over the last 12 months (country figure) (The Africanvestor, Updated Rents in Mozambique (2026), 2026). Between 3 and 6: grade 3/4.

Country context (World Economic Forum)

• Senegal: #99 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026

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