Climate
Bucaramanga logs 12 outdoor-dinner months a year to Medellín's 5 — Bucaramanga wins by 7. Medellín also leads on sunny days by 52.
Bucaramanga
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Medellín
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Cost of Living
Medellín averages $1,228/mo for balanced living; Bucaramanga has no cost baseline yet.
Medellín
$1,228monthly · balanced
Mobility
Medellín scores 2.6 on mobility (0–5 scale); Bucaramanga has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Medellín's culture score of 2.3 sits well above Bucaramanga's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Medellín scores 3.5 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Bucaramanga has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Medellín scores 1.2 on safety (0–5 scale); Bucaramanga has no safety baseline.
Career
Medellín scores 2.7 on career (0–5 scale); Bucaramanga has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Medellín scores 3.3 on social & community (0–5 scale); Bucaramanga has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Medellín scores 3.2 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Bucaramanga has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Medellín scores 2.7 on family (0–5 scale); Bucaramanga has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Medellín scores 3.4 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Bucaramanga has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Bucaramanga averages 20.7 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Medellín's 19.4 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Medellín breathes ~7% cleaner air (1.4 µg/m³ lower).
Bucaramanga
Medellín
PM2.5 annual average
WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Bucaramanga (894K) and Medellín (3.2M) are 3.6x in population — Medellín is the larger metro, Bucaramanga the smaller; on land area Medellín spans roughly 3.5x more ground.
Medellín is roughly 3.5x the scale of Bucaramanga
Combined population & area comparison
MedellínBucaramangaCity Scale Rankings
Medellín3.2M3.6xBucaramanga894K1xMedellín233 km²3.5xBucaramanga67 km²1xBucaramanga
Medellín
Who Thrives Here
Medellín is the stronger fit for the escaping weather. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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