Santiago logs 9 frost days a year to Talca's 2 — Talca wins by 7. Talca also leads on hot days by 14.

Santiago averages $1,903/mo for balanced living; Talca has no cost baseline yet.

Santiago scores 2.8 on mobility (0–5 scale); Talca has no mobility baseline.

Santiago's culture score of 3.6 sits well above Talca's 0.0.

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

Santiago scores 1.8 on safety (0–5 scale); Talca has no safety baseline.

Santiago scores 3.4 on career (0–5 scale); Talca has no career baseline.

Santiago scores 2.6 on social & community (0–5 scale); Talca has no social & community baseline.

Santiago scores 3.0 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Talca has no food & dining baseline.

Santiago scores 3.1 on family (0–5 scale); Talca has no family baseline.

Santiago scores 3.4 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Talca has no healthcare baseline.

Santiago averages 27.5 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Talca's 22.5 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Talca breathes ~18% cleaner air (5.0 µg/m³ lower).

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