Climate
Antofagasta logs 0 frost days a year to Los Ángeles's 8 — Antofagasta wins by 8. Antofagasta also leads on hot days by 20.
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Air Quality
Antofagasta averages 14.3 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Los Ángeles's 24.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Antofagasta breathes ~41% cleaner air (10.0 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 Los Ángeles (125K) are 2.9x in population — Antofagasta is the larger metro, Los Ángeles the smaller; on land area Antofagasta spans roughly 1.9x more ground.
Antofagasta is roughly 2.4x the scale of Los Ángeles
Combined population & area comparison
AntofagastaLos ÁngelesCity Scale Rankings
Antofagasta365K2.9xLos Ángeles125K1xAntofagasta56 km²1.9xLos Ángeles29 km²1xAntofagasta
Los Ángeles
Who Thrives Here
Antofagasta is the stronger fit for the eternal summer. Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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