Climate
Antofagasta logs 7 outdoor-dinner months a year to Arica's 9 — Arica wins by 2. Antofagasta also leads on sunny days by 10.
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Arica
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Air Quality
Antofagasta averages 14.3 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Arica's 13.4 µg/m³ (moderate) — Arica breathes ~6% cleaner air (0.9 µg/m³ lower).
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WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Antofagasta (365K) and Arica (122K) are 3.0x in population — Antofagasta is the larger metro, Arica the smaller; on land area Antofagasta spans roughly 1.6x more ground.
Antofagasta is roughly 2.2x the scale of Arica
Combined population & area comparison
AntofagastaAricaCity Scale Rankings
Antofagasta365K3.0xArica122K1xAntofagasta56 km²1.6xArica35 km²1xAntofagasta
Arica
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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