Cities similar to Mexico City

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

Istanbul is the closest match, 8.2 percentile points from Mexico City across 10 shared metrics. The two sit within eight percentile points of each other on universities, clean air and places to eat. The band widens slowly from there: the last city listed sits 16.4 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 Mexico City 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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IstanbulTurkey8.210universities, clean air, places to eat
AthensGreece11.610places to eat, green space, women aged 20–39
GuadalajaraMexico14.310green space, universities, women aged 20–39
TurinItaly14.610places to eat, safety, clean air
BolognaItaly14.910city-centre rent, women aged 20–39, safety
BarcelonaSpain15.910women aged 20–39, safety, universities
MonterreyMexico15.910salary against local costs, local salary, cost of living
SantiagoChile16.010universities, places to eat, salary against local costs
AnkaraTurkey16.110clean air, local salary, green space
BogotaColombia16.410universities, places to eat, 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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