São Paulo is the closest match, 9.9 percentile points from Rio de Janeiro across 10 shared metrics. The two sit within eight percentile points of each other on cost of living, safety and universities. The band widens slowly from there: the last city listed sits 15.4 away, so these 10 are a cluster rather than a ranking with a clear winner. 1 of the 10 is also in Brazil; the other 9 are abroad. Distance says how alike two cities measure, never which one is better to live in: a city can be close to Rio de Janeiro 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| São PauloBrazil | 9.9 | 10 | cost of living, safety, universities |
| Guatemala CityGuatemala | 10.0 | 10 | city-centre rent, places to eat, green space |
| Santo DomingoDominican Republic | 11.0 | 10 | local salary, safety, places to eat |
| Phnom PenhCambodia | 12.8 | 10 | women aged 20–39, green space, clean air |
| BogotaColombia | 12.9 | 10 | cost of living, universities, clean air |
| BeirutLebanon | 13.7 | 10 | salary against local costs, places to eat, city-centre rent |
| CaracasVenezuela | 14.5 | 10 | cost of living, safety, universities |
| BishkekKyrgyzstan | 15.2 | 10 | universities, places to eat, salary against local costs |
| San SalvadorEl Salvador | 15.3 | 10 | places to eat, city-centre rent |
| AlmatyKazakhstan | 15.4 | 10 | city-centre rent, cost of living, clean air |
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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