Cities similar to Bangkok

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

Hanoi is the closest match, 10.1 percentile points from Bangkok across 10 shared metrics. The two sit within eight percentile points of each other on places to eat, green space and salary against local costs. The band widens slowly from there: the last city listed sits 16.5 away, so these 10 are a cluster rather than a ranking with a clear winner. None of the 10 are in Thailand. Distance says how alike two cities measure, never which one is better to live in: a city can be close to Bangkok 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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HanoiVietnam10.110places to eat, green space, salary against local costs
TbilisiGeorgia14.410local salary, city-centre rent, universities
BucharestRomania14.810city-centre rent, universities, green space
Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam15.010salary against local costs, clean air, universities
KrasnodarRussia15.510women aged 20–39, salary against local costs, local salary
ChisinauMoldova15.910universities, city-centre rent, salary against local costs
Da NangVietnam15.910places to eat, cost of living, clean air
Saint PetersburgRussia15.910places to eat, women aged 20–39, universities
Phnom PenhCambodia16.010city-centre rent, places to eat, cost of living
TiranaAlbania16.510salary against local costs

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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