Climate
Al Fayyum logs 186 hot days a year to Alexandria's 11 — Alexandria wins by 175. Al Fayyum also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.
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Dinner outside
Alexandria
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Air Quality
Al Fayyum averages 39.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Alexandria's 31.2 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Alexandria breathes ~21% cleaner air (8.1 µg/m³ lower).
Al Fayyum
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Al Fayyum (741K) and Alexandria (6.9M) are 9.3x in population — Alexandria is the larger metro, Al Fayyum the smaller; on land area Alexandria spans roughly 7.4x more ground.
Alexandria is roughly 8.3x the scale of Al Fayyum
Combined population & area comparison
AlexandriaAl FayyumCity Scale Rankings
Alexandria6.9M9.3xAl Fayyum741K1xAlexandria439 km²7.4xAl Fayyum59 km²1xAl Fayyum
Alexandria
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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