PK flag
Abbottabad

Pakistan

vs
PK flag
Faisalabad

Pakistan

Climate

Abbottabad logs 46 hot days a year to Faisalabad's 221 — Abbottabad wins by 175. Faisalabad also leads on sunny days by 29.

AbbottabadFaisalabad
Sunny days
288317
Hot days
46221
Frost days
300
Rainy days
16457
Outdoor dinner months
7/127/12
Avg wind
1.1 m/s2.0 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,9393,156
Darkest month sun
166 hrs/mo169 hrs/mo
UV peak month
8.67.8

Abbottabad

Feels-like °C

8
13
17
22
27
31
30
30
29
23
17
11

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Faisalabad

Feels-like °C

15
21
26
30
38
40
39
38
37
31
24
18

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Abbottabad averages 29.0 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Faisalabad's 65.7 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Abbottabad breathes ~56% cleaner air (36.7 µg/m³ lower).

Abbottabad

Faisalabad

29.0µg/m³
65.7µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Abbottabad (801K) and Faisalabad (5.7M) are 7.1x in population — Faisalabad is the larger metro, Abbottabad the smaller; on land area Faisalabad spans roughly 3.0x more ground.

4.6x

Faisalabad is roughly 4.6x the scale of Abbottabad

Combined population & area comparison

PK flagFaisalabad
4.6x
PK flagAbbottabad
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.PK flagFaisalabad5.7M7.1x
2.PK flagAbbottabad801K1x
Area
1.PK flagFaisalabad326 km²3.0x
2.PK flagAbbottabad107 km²1x
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11 km19 km

PK flagAbbottabad

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29 km23 km

PK flagFaisalabad

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
AbbottabadFaisalabad
Struggles in both
AbbottabadFaisalabad

Frequently asked about Abbottabad vs Faisalabad

How does the climate compare between Abbottabad and Faisalabad?
Sunny days: 288 vs 317 d — Faisalabad higher Annual sunshine: 2,939 vs 3,156 hrs — Faisalabad higher Winter sunshine: 166 vs 169 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 46 vs 221 d — Abbottabad lower Frost days: 30 vs 0 d — Faisalabad lower Rainy days: 164 vs 57 d — Faisalabad lower
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