Jaén logs 12 frost days a year to Madrid's 20 — Jaén wins by 8. Madrid also leads on hot days by 14.

Madrid averages $2,244/mo for balanced living; Jaén has no cost baseline yet.

On mobility, Madrid scores 3.8 vs Jaén's 3.5 (0–5 scale), with the biggest gap on walkability.

Madrid's culture score of 4.3 sits well above Jaén's 0.0.

Madrid scores 4.0 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Jaén has no nature & outdoors baseline.

Madrid scores 2.5 on safety (0–5 scale); Jaén has no safety baseline.

Madrid scores 4.1 on career (0–5 scale); Jaén has no career baseline.

Madrid scores 3.6 on social & community (0–5 scale); Jaén has no social & community baseline.

Madrid scores 3.8 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Jaén has no food & dining baseline.

Madrid scores 3.9 on family (0–5 scale); Jaén has no family baseline.

Madrid scores 3.7 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Jaén has no healthcare baseline.

Jaén averages 9.9 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Madrid's 10.3 µg/m³ (moderate) — Jaén breathes ~4% cleaner air (0.4 µg/m³ lower).

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