Cities similar to Monterrey

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

Guadalajara is the closest match, 12.0 percentile points from Monterrey 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 18.9 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 Monterrey 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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GuadalajaraMexico12.010universities, city-centre rent, salary against local costs
BolognaItaly15.410safety, green space, city-centre rent
Mexico CityMexico15.910salary against local costs, local salary, cost of living
VladivostokRussia16.110salary against local costs, clean air
NaplesItaly16.610city-centre rent, clean air, universities
HerediaCosta Rica17.410cost of living, city-centre rent, universities
AthensGreece17.510cost of living, clean air, salary against local costs
NicosiaCyprus18.310cost of living
RomeItaly18.710clean air, safety, universities
IstanbulTurkey18.910city-centre rent, safety, 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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