Cities similar to Guadalajara

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

Monterrey is the closest match, 12.0 percentile points from Guadalajara across 10 shared metrics. The two sit within eight percentile points of each other on universities, city-centre rent and salary against local costs. The band widens slowly from there: the last city listed sits 19.1 away, so these 10 are a cluster rather than a ranking with a clear winner. 2 of the 10 are also in Mexico; the other 8 are abroad. Distance says how alike two cities measure, never which one is better to live in: a city can be close to Guadalajara 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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MonterreyMexico12.010universities, city-centre rent, salary against local costs
Mexico CityMexico14.310green space, universities, women aged 20–39
AthensGreece14.510green space
AbidjanCôte d'Ivoire15.610places to eat, universities, safety
LimaPeru16.110universities, local salary, safety
ValparaísoChile16.810local salary, safety, salary against local costs
SantiagoChile17.110local salary, universities, safety
BogotaColombia18.510universities, local salary, salary against local costs
IstanbulTurkey18.710universities, cost of living, city-centre rent
NaplesItaly19.110safety, women aged 20–39

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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