Seoul is the closest match, 11.7 percentile points from Osaka across 10 shared metrics. The two sit within eight percentile points of each other on places to eat, universities and women aged 20–39. The band widens slowly from there: the last city listed sits 18.0 away, so these 10 are a cluster rather than a ranking with a clear winner. 4 of the 10 are also in Japan; the other 6 are abroad. Distance says how alike two cities measure, never which one is better to live in: a city can be close to Osaka 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SeoulSouth Korea | 11.7 | 10 | places to eat, universities, women aged 20–39 |
| KobeJapan | 13.2 | 10 | city-centre rent, green space, local salary |
| BucharestRomania | 13.3 | 10 | city-centre rent, clean air, universities |
| KyotoJapan | 13.8 | 10 | green space, universities, local salary |
| TokyoJapan | 14.2 | 10 | places to eat, green space, universities |
| FukuokaJapan | 16.2 | 10 | local salary, green space, cost of living |
| Saint PetersburgRussia | 17.1 | 10 | cost of living, places to eat, women aged 20–39 |
| Taipei CityTaiwan | 17.4 | 10 | cost of living, places to eat, local salary |
| StrasbourgFrance | 17.7 | 10 | salary against local costs, universities |
| SevilleSpain | 18.0 | 10 | local salary, 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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