Hua Hin is the closest match, 13.2 percentile points from Phuket across 9 shared metrics. The two sit within eight percentile points of each other on local salary, salary against local costs and universities. 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. 3 of the 10 are also in Thailand; the other 7 are abroad. Distance says how alike two cities measure, never which one is better to live in: a city can be close to Phuket 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.
| Closest on | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hua HinThailand | 13.2 | 9 | local salary, salary against local costs, universities |
| PattayaThailand | 13.2 | 10 | local salary, women aged 20–39, salary against local costs |
| PereiraColombia | 14.1 | 10 | cost of living, safety, places to eat |
| Santa AnaEl Salvador | 14.1 | 9 | local salary, women aged 20–39, salary against local costs |
| BrestBelarus | 17.5 | 9 | universities, local salary, clean air |
| Santiago de los CaballerosDominican Republic | 18.4 | 10 | local salary, green space, city-centre rent |
| VientianeLaos | 18.4 | 10 | cost of living, city-centre rent, salary against local costs |
| Koh SamuiThailand | 18.7 | 9 | local salary, salary against local costs, cost of living |
| PortoviejoEcuador | 18.8 | 10 | salary against local costs, local salary |
| Santo DomingoEcuador | 18.9 | 10 | cost of living, women aged 20–39, city-centre rent |
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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