Recife is the closest match, 8.4 percentile points from Fortaleza across 10 shared metrics. The two sit within eight percentile points of each other on safety, women aged 20–39 and cost of living. The band widens slowly from there: the last city listed sits 14.1 away, so these 10 are a cluster rather than a ranking with a clear winner. 2 of the 10 are also in Brazil; the other 8 are abroad. Distance says how alike two cities measure, never which one is better to live in: a city can be close to Fortaleza because both score badly on the same things.
921 cities ranked by male-to-female ratio, 848 of them measured below national level, 104 country deep-dives.
| Closest on | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| RecifeBrazil | 8.4 | 10 | safety, women aged 20–39, cost of living |
| GuayaquilEcuador | 8.9 | 10 | safety, city-centre rent, salary against local costs |
| QuitoEcuador | 8.9 | 10 | cost of living, clean air, city-centre rent |
| SalvadorBrazil | 11.5 | 10 | safety, universities, local salary |
| CaliColombia | 12.6 | 10 | city-centre rent, safety, salary against local costs |
| Santo DomingoDominican Republic | 12.9 | 10 | women aged 20–39, salary against local costs, places to eat |
| BishkekKyrgyzstan | 13.3 | 10 | local salary, universities, salary against local costs |
| TegucigalpaHonduras | 13.5 | 10 | city-centre rent, safety, places to eat |
| LimaPeru | 14.1 | 10 | safety, universities, clean air |
| RosarioArgentina | 14.1 | 10 | safety, cost of living, green space |
Distance is the root-mean-square gap in percentile points across the metrics both cities carry, so 0 would be an exact match and 100 the opposite end of every scale. A pair scored on fewer than 8 shared metrics is not listed.
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