Climate
Maicao logs 12 outdoor-dinner months a year to Medellín's 5 — Maicao wins by 7. Maicao also leads on sunny days by 117.
Maicao
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Dinner outside
Medellín
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Dinner outside
Cost of Living
Medellín averages $1,228/mo for balanced living; Maicao has no cost baseline yet.
Medellín
$1,228monthly · balanced
Mobility
Medellín scores 2.6 on mobility (0–5 scale); Maicao has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Medellín's culture score of 2.3 sits well above Maicao's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Medellín scores 3.5 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Maicao has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Medellín scores 1.2 on safety (0–5 scale); Maicao has no safety baseline.
Career
Medellín scores 2.7 on career (0–5 scale); Maicao has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Medellín scores 3.3 on social & community (0–5 scale); Maicao has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Medellín scores 3.2 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Maicao has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Medellín scores 2.7 on family (0–5 scale); Maicao has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Medellín scores 3.4 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Maicao has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Maicao averages 13.3 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Medellín's 19.4 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Maicao breathes ~32% cleaner air (6.1 µg/m³ lower).
Maicao
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.
Maicao (147K) and Medellín (3.2M) are 22x in population — Medellín is the larger metro, Maicao the smaller; on land area Medellín spans roughly 12x more ground.
Medellín is roughly 16x the scale of Maicao
Combined population & area comparison
MedellínMaicaoCity Scale Rankings
Medellín3.2M22xMaicao147K1xMedellín233 km²12xMaicao19 km²1xMaicao
Medellín
Who Thrives Here
Maicao favours the sunshine lover, while Medellín suits the escaping weather. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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