Climate
Antofagasta logs 0 frost days a year to Calama's 3 — Antofagasta wins by 3. Antofagasta also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 2.
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Calama
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Air Quality
Antofagasta averages 14.3 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Calama's 11.9 µg/m³ (moderate) — Calama breathes ~17% cleaner air (2.4 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.
Antofagasta (365K) and Calama (125K) are 2.9x in population — Antofagasta is the larger metro, Calama the smaller; on land area Antofagasta spans roughly 2.4x more ground.
Antofagasta is roughly 2.7x the scale of Calama
Combined population & area comparison
AntofagastaCalamaCity Scale Rankings
Antofagasta365K2.9xCalama125K1xAntofagasta56 km²2.4xCalama23 km²1xAntofagasta
Calama
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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