Climate
Alcalá de Henares logs 74 hot days a year to Barcelona's 14 — Barcelona wins by 60. Barcelona also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.
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Barcelona
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Cost of Living
Barcelona averages $2,016/mo for balanced living; Alcalá de Henares has no cost baseline yet.
Barcelona
$2,016monthly · balanced
Mobility
Barcelona scores 3.8 on mobility (0–5 scale); Alcalá de Henares has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Barcelona's culture score of 4.3 sits well above Alcalá de Henares's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Barcelona scores 4.5 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Alcalá de Henares has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Barcelona scores 2.5 on safety (0–5 scale); Alcalá de Henares has no safety baseline.
Career
Barcelona scores 3.6 on career (0–5 scale); Alcalá de Henares has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Barcelona scores 3.3 on social & community (0–5 scale); Alcalá de Henares has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Barcelona scores 3.6 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Alcalá de Henares has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Barcelona scores 3.7 on family (0–5 scale); Alcalá de Henares has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Barcelona scores 3.7 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Alcalá de Henares has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Alcalá de Henares averages 9.0 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Barcelona's 13.7 µg/m³ (moderate) — Alcalá de Henares breathes ~34% cleaner air (4.7 µg/m³ lower).
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Alcalá de Henares (170K) and Barcelona (3.9M) are 23x in population — Barcelona is the larger metro, Alcalá de Henares the smaller; on land area Barcelona spans roughly 16x more ground.
Barcelona is roughly 19x the scale of Alcalá de Henares
Combined population & area comparison
BarcelonaAlcalá de HenaresCity Scale Rankings
Barcelona3.9M23xAlcalá de Henares170K1xBarcelona438 km²16xAlcalá de Henares28 km²1xAlcalá de Henares
Barcelona
Who Thrives Here
Barcelona is the stronger fit for the ocean lover. Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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