Climate
Cartago logs 0 hot days a year to Cali's 3 — Cartago wins by 3. Cali also leads on sunny days by 28.
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Air Quality
Cartago averages 13.7 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Cali's 17.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Cartago breathes ~20% 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.
Cartago (119K) and Cali (2.7M) are 23x in population — Cali is the larger metro, Cartago the smaller; on land area Cali spans roughly 11x more ground.
Cali is roughly 16x the scale of Cartago
Combined population & area comparison
CaliCartagoCity Scale Rankings
Cali2.7M23xCartago119K1xCali186 km²11xCartago17 km²1xCartago
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Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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