São Paulo is the closest match, 9.9 percentile points from Bogota across 10 shared metrics. The two sit within eight percentile points of each other on universities, places to eat and city-centre rent. The band widens slowly from there: the last city listed sits 14.9 away, so these 10 are a cluster rather than a ranking with a clear winner. None of the 10 are in Colombia. Distance says how alike two cities measure, never which one is better to live in: a city can be close to Bogota 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 | universities, places to eat, city-centre rent |
| Guatemala CityGuatemala | 12.5 | 10 | clean air, salary against local costs, cost of living |
| Phnom PenhCambodia | 12.5 | 10 | clean air, places to eat, city-centre rent |
| Rio de JaneiroBrazil | 12.9 | 10 | cost of living, universities, clean air |
| CasablancaMorocco | 13.1 | 10 | clean air, salary against local costs, local salary |
| LimaPeru | 13.2 | 10 | universities, women aged 20–39, local salary |
| AbidjanCôte d'Ivoire | 13.4 | 10 | clean air, city-centre rent, cost of living |
| IstanbulTurkey | 13.5 | 10 | universities, places to eat, safety |
| ThessalonikiGreece | 14.8 | 10 | safety, places to eat, city-centre rent |
| Saint PetersburgRussia | 14.9 | 10 | universities, cost of living, places to eat |
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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