Cities similar to Medellin

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

Chisinau is the closest match, 14.2 percentile points from Medellin across 10 shared metrics. The two sit within eight percentile points of each other on universities, clean air and cost of living. The band widens slowly from there: the last city listed sits 18.6 away, so these 10 are a cluster rather than a ranking with a clear winner. 1 of the 10 is also in Colombia; 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 Medellin 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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ChisinauMoldova14.210universities, clean air, cost of living
Panama CityPanama14.810safety, places to eat, women aged 20–39
San SalvadorEl Salvador16.110city-centre rent, clean air, cost of living
VladivostokRussia16.110clean air, cost of living
AlmatyKazakhstan16.710green space, places to eat, universities
TiranaAlbania16.910places to eat, clean air, city-centre rent
AsunciónParaguay17.010universities, local salary, clean air
BogotaColombia17.910local salary, universities, places to eat
Guatemala CityGuatemala18.610cost of living, city-centre rent, local salary
MinskBelarus18.610green space, places to eat, universities

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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