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Ciudad Obregón vs Matamoros

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Under balanced weights Ciudad Obregón edges it, 60 to 59, winning 2 of the 9 factors. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 6.4 of 60 points (scores 58/100)Safety: 3.2 of 60 points (scores 28/100)Healthcare: 8.4 of 60 points (scores 75/100)Internet: 7.3 of 60 points (scores 65/100)Visa ease: 10.0 of 60 points (scores 90/100)Getting there & around: 1.2 of 60 points (scores 11/100)Climate: 7.4 of 60 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 10.1 of 60 points (scores 91/100)Quality of life: 6.3 of 60 points (scores 57/100)60
Ciudad Obregón
out of 100

Yaqui Valley farm city where Green Revolution wheat was bred

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Cost of living: 6.4 of 59 points (scores 58/100)Safety: 3.2 of 59 points (scores 28/100)Healthcare: 8.4 of 59 points (scores 75/100)Internet: 7.3 of 59 points (scores 66/100)Visa ease: 10.0 of 59 points (scores 90/100)Getting there & around: 0.6 of 59 points (scores 5/100)Climate: 7.4 of 59 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 9.8 of 59 points (scores 88/100)Quality of life: 6.3 of 59 points (scores 57/100)59
Matamoros
out of 100

Gulf Coast border city across from Brownsville, with serious security risks

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Where they differ

  • Getting there & around. Ciudad Obregón leads on getting there & around, 11 to 5, against Matamoros. Non-stop airport destinations: 8 vs 2.

Where they are close. Within five points on air quality, internet, cost of living, safety, healthcare, visa ease, climate, quality of life.

Pick Ciudad Obregón if you want

  • no clear edge over Matamoros in the data

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  • no clear edge over Ciudad Obregón in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricCiudad ObregónMatamoros
Cost of living5858
Safety2828
Healthcare7575
Internet6566 ✓
Visa ease9090
Getting there & around11 ✓5
Climate6767
Air quality91 ✓88
Quality of life5757

Cost

MetricCiudad ObregónMatamoros
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$1,400$1,400
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricCiudad ObregónMatamoros
Homicides per 100k25.6425.64
Political stability (0–100)5555
UHC service coverage (0–100)7979
Life expectancy75.3 yrs75.3 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricCiudad ObregónMatamoros
Download31.1 Mbps32.8 Mbps ✓
Upload10.7 Mbps ✓10.1 Mbps

Visa

MetricCiudad ObregónMatamoros
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport180 days180 days
Entry, EU passport180 days180 days
Entry, UK passport180 days180 days

Getting there and around

MetricCiudad ObregónMatamoros
Non-stop airport destinations8 ✓2
Walkability (1–5, editorial)22
Transit (1–5, editorial)2 ✓1

Climate and air

MetricCiudad ObregónMatamoros
Comfortable months per year88
Annual mean PM2.59.2 µg/m³ ✓10.4 µg/m³

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Ciudad Obregón or Matamoros?
Ciudad Obregón and Matamoros cost about the same: roughly $1,400 per month for one person.
Is Ciudad Obregón or Matamoros safer?
Ciudad Obregón and Matamoros score the same on safety (28), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Ciudad Obregón or Matamoros?
Matamoros: a measured median of 32.8 Mbps versus 31.1 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

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Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Nostos long-stay visa guides; Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.