City in Nuevo León, Mexico

Monterrey

331Sunny Days/yr
View on Map· Pop. 1.1M· Elev. 1,781 ftWikipedia

Monterrey is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. The city anchors the Monterrey metropolitan area, Mexico's second largest metropolitan area with a population of 5,322,117 as of 2009, and is often considered the richest city in Latin America. According to the 2020 census, Monterrey itself has a population of 1,142,194. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, Monterrey is a major business and industrial hub in Mexico and Latin America.Wikipedia

Nickname: Sultan of the North, City of the Mountains, Mexican Industrial CapitalMotto: El trabajo templa el espírituMotto: (Work Tempers the Spirit)

Province / Region Context

Nuevo LeónState of Mexico

Nuevo León, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, is a state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosi, and has an extremely narrow international border with the U.S. state of Texas. Covering 64,156 square kilometers and with a population of 5.78 million people, Nuevo León is the thirteenth-largest federal entity by area and the seventh-most populous as of 2020.Wikipedia

Country: Mexico
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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

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Livability

Safety Score
52
Internet
Country Broadband
20.1
subscriptions per 100 people
Growing Broadband
05

Climate

Sunshine
331
sunny days per year
91% of the year
Comfort Score
70/100
Good
Rainfall
25"
inches per year
Air Quality
53
Moderate AQI
07

Demographics

Population1.1M
Altitude1,781 ftabove sea level

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