Cities similar to Cebu City

Ranked by how close each city sits to Cebu 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.

Dar es Salaam is the closest match, 10.2 percentile points from Cebu City across 10 shared metrics. The two sit within eight percentile points of each other on universities, places to eat and local salary. The band widens slowly from there: the last city listed sits 17.7 away, so these 10 are a cluster rather than a ranking with a clear winner. 4 of the 10 are also in Philippines; 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 Cebu 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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Dar es SalaamTanzania10.210universities, places to eat, local salary
Iloilo CityPhilippines12.710salary against local costs, women aged 20–39, clean air
HavanaCuba12.910cost of living, places to eat, green space
Bacolod CityPhilippines14.310green space, salary against local costs, safety
ConcepciónChile14.310city-centre rent, universities, clean air
Baguio CityPhilippines16.110places to eat, salary against local costs, clean air
Cagayan de OroPhilippines16.510local salary, salary against local costs, cost of living
ManaguaNicaragua16.810local salary, cost of living, salary against local costs
CuencaEcuador17.210cost of living, universities, city-centre rent
La PlataArgentina17.710green space, cost of living, 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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