Climate
Antofagasta logs 0 frost days a year to Vallenar's 1 — Antofagasta wins by 1. Antofagasta also leads on sunny days by 1.
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Air Quality
Antofagasta averages 14.3 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Vallenar's 16.6 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Antofagasta breathes ~14% cleaner air (2.3 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 Vallenar (45K) are 8.1x in population — Antofagasta is the larger metro, Vallenar the smaller.
Antofagasta is roughly 8.1x the scale of Vallenar
Based on population (area data unavailable for some cities)
AntofagastaVallenarCity Scale Rankings
Antofagasta365K8.1xVallenar45K1xWho Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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