Climate
Abha logs 52 hot days a year to Mecca's 320 — Abha wins by 268. Mecca also leads on sunny days by 7.
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Air Quality
Abha averages 31.3 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Mecca's 104.6 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Abha breathes ~70% cleaner air (73.3 µg/m³ lower).
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Abha (126K) and Mecca (1.9M) are 15x in population — Mecca is the larger metro, Abha the smaller; on land area Mecca spans roughly 8.0x more ground.
Mecca is roughly 11x the scale of Abha
Combined population & area comparison
MeccaAbhaCity Scale Rankings
Mecca1.9M15xAbha126K1xMecca233 km²8.0xAbha29 km²1xAbha
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Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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