Climate
Santiago logs 6 outdoor-dinner months a year to Tocopilla's 10 — Tocopilla wins by 4. Tocopilla also leads on sunny days by 62.
Santiago
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Tocopilla
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Cost of Living
Santiago averages $1,903/mo for balanced living; Tocopilla has no cost baseline yet.
Santiago
$1,903monthly · balanced
Mobility
Santiago scores 2.8 on mobility (0–5 scale); Tocopilla has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Santiago's culture score of 3.6 sits well above Tocopilla's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Santiago scores 4.3 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Tocopilla has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Santiago scores 1.8 on safety (0–5 scale); Tocopilla has no safety baseline.
Career
Santiago scores 3.4 on career (0–5 scale); Tocopilla has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Santiago scores 2.6 on social & community (0–5 scale); Tocopilla has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Santiago scores 3.0 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Tocopilla has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Santiago scores 3.1 on family (0–5 scale); Tocopilla has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Santiago scores 3.4 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Tocopilla has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Santiago averages 27.5 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Tocopilla's 16.8 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Tocopilla breathes ~39% cleaner air (10.7 µg/m³ lower).
Santiago
Tocopilla
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.
Santiago (6.6M) and Tocopilla (24K) are 271x in population — Santiago is the larger metro, Tocopilla the smaller.
Santiago is roughly 271x the scale of Tocopilla
Based on population (area data unavailable for some cities)
SantiagoTocopillaCity Scale Rankings
Santiago6.6M271xTocopilla24K1xWho Thrives Here
Santiago favours the mountain seeker, while Tocopilla suits the clean air seeker. Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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