Marseille logs 0 frost days a year to Orléans's 28 — Marseille wins by 28. Marseille also leads on sunny days by 124.

Marseille averages $2,219/mo for balanced living; Orléans has no cost baseline yet.

On mobility, Orléans scores 3.8 vs Marseille's 3.2 (0–5 scale). Marseille still holds an edge on public transit.

Marseille's culture score of 3.8 sits well above Orléans's 0.0.

Marseille scores 4.3 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Orléans has no nature & outdoors baseline.

Marseille scores 1.8 on safety (0–5 scale); Orléans has no safety baseline.

Marseille scores 3.6 on career (0–5 scale); Orléans has no career baseline.

Marseille scores 3.1 on social & community (0–5 scale); Orléans has no social & community baseline.

Marseille scores 3.6 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Orléans has no food & dining baseline.

Marseille scores 3.1 on family (0–5 scale); Orléans has no family baseline.

Marseille scores 3.0 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Orléans has no healthcare baseline.

Marseille averages 9.4 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Orléans's 7.9 µg/m³ (good) — Orléans breathes ~16% cleaner air (1.5 µg/m³ lower).

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