Similarity to Rio de Janeiro across Brazil's zones: climate, elevation, terrain ruggedness, distance to the coast and city size. Where to live in Brazil working remotely
Source: climate CHELSA V2.1, 1 km, 1991–2020 normals (12 indices: temperature, rainfall, seasonality, humidity, comfortable months, muggy and cold nights). Elevation and terrain ruggedness GMTED2010 (USGS). Distance to the coast Natural Earth 10m. City size, income, literacy, sanitation and internet access IBGE 2022 Census (SIDRA tables 4709, 9922, 9936, 10144, 10152, 10280, 10091). Urban core location MapBiomas Collection 9. Municipal boundaries IBGE.
Tool: Python for the pipeline; MapLibre GL JS for the map; scoring runs in the browser.
Interactive version: https://morar.vynstream.com there you pick any place, set your own weights, and add hard filters (homicide rate, ICU beds within a drive, sanitation, internet, land price, and max driving hours from a place you don't want to be far from).
What surprised me: Rio's twin is the coastline and almost nothing else. The bright band is roughly 30–80 km wide and runs some 4,000 km, from Rio Grande do Sul to Ceará — go inland one or two zones and the score collapses. I live in Rio and started this looking for somewhere to move now that I work remotely. #education source