Climate
San Andrés logs 277 sunny days a year to Cali's 92 — San Andrés wins by 185. Cali also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 12.
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Air Quality
San Andrés averages 6.0 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Cali's 17.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — San Andrés breathes ~65% cleaner air (11.2 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.
San Andrés (59K) and Cali (2.7M) are 45x in population — Cali is the larger metro, San Andrés the smaller; on land area Cali spans roughly 14x more ground.
Cali is roughly 26x the scale of San Andrés
Combined population & area comparison
CaliSan AndrésCity Scale Rankings
Cali2.7M45xSan Andrés59K1xCali186 km²14xSan Andrés13 km²1xSan Andrés
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Who Thrives Here
San Andrés is the stronger fit for the sunshine lover. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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