Cities similar to Cali

Ranked by how close each city sits to Cali across ten measured metrics: sex ratio, cost, rent, salary, safety, air, green space, places to eat and universities. Closer is more alike, not better.

La Plata is the closest match, 10.7 percentile points from Cali across 10 shared metrics. The two sit within eight percentile points of each other on safety, cost of living and salary against local costs. The band widens slowly from there: the last city listed sits 14.0 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 Cali 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.

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La PlataArgentina10.710safety, cost of living, salary against local costs
TemucoChile10.710green space, local salary, clean air
CórdobaArgentina11.710places to eat, city-centre rent, local salary
RosarioArgentina11.810safety, places to eat, cost of living
RecifeBrazil12.110places to eat, safety, city-centre rent
SalvadorBrazil12.310women aged 20–39, cost of living, safety
Mar del PlataArgentina12.510local salary, city-centre rent, salary against local costs
FortalezaBrazil12.610city-centre rent, safety, salary against local costs
ManaguaNicaragua14.010clean air, cost of living, women aged 20–39
TegucigalpaHonduras14.010women aged 20–39, city-centre rent, safety

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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