Climate
Ciudad del Carmen logs 2 outdoor-dinner months a year to Tijuana's 6 — Tijuana wins by 4. Ciudad del Carmen also leads on sunny days by 10.
Ciudad del Carmen
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Dinner outside
Tijuana
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Cost of Living
Tijuana averages $1,423/mo for balanced living; Ciudad del Carmen has no cost baseline yet.
Tijuana
$1,423monthly · balanced
Mobility
Tijuana scores 2.4 on mobility (0–5 scale); Ciudad del Carmen has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Tijuana's culture score of 2.2 sits well above Ciudad del Carmen's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Tijuana scores 3.5 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Ciudad del Carmen has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Tijuana scores 0.6 on safety (0–5 scale); Ciudad del Carmen has no safety baseline.
Career
Tijuana scores 3.0 on career (0–5 scale); Ciudad del Carmen has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Tijuana scores 3.2 on social & community (0–5 scale); Ciudad del Carmen has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Tijuana scores 2.8 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Ciudad del Carmen has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Tijuana scores 2.3 on family (0–5 scale); Ciudad del Carmen has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Tijuana scores 4.0 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Ciudad del Carmen has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Ciudad del Carmen averages 12.9 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Tijuana's 11 µg/m³ (moderate) — Tijuana breathes ~15% cleaner air (1.9 µg/m³ lower).
Ciudad del Carmen
Tijuana
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WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Ciudad del Carmen (215K) and Tijuana (1.5M) are 7.1x in population — Tijuana is the larger metro, Ciudad del Carmen the smaller; on land area Tijuana spans roughly 6.4x more ground.
Tijuana is roughly 6.8x the scale of Ciudad del Carmen
Combined population & area comparison
TijuanaCiudad del CarmenCity Scale Rankings
Tijuana1.5M7.1xCiudad del Carmen215K1xTijuana294 km²6.4xCiudad del Carmen46 km²1xCiudad del Carmen
Tijuana
Who Thrives Here
Tijuana is the stronger fit for the escaping weather. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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