Climate
Bucaramanga logs 0 hot days a year to Cali's 3 — Bucaramanga wins by 3. Bucaramanga also leads on sunny days by 30.
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Air Quality
Bucaramanga averages 20.7 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Cali's 17.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Cali breathes ~17% cleaner air (3.5 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.
Bucaramanga (894K) and Cali (2.7M) are 3.0x in population — Cali is the larger metro, Bucaramanga the smaller; on land area Cali spans roughly 2.8x more ground.
Cali is roughly 2.9x the scale of Bucaramanga
Combined population & area comparison
CaliBucaramangaCity Scale Rankings
Cali2.7M3.0xBucaramanga894K1xCali186 km²2.8xBucaramanga67 km²1xBucaramanga
Cali
Who Thrives Here
Cali is the stronger fit for the clean air seeker. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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