Climate
Al Fayyum logs 186 hot days a year to Cairo's 178 — Cairo wins by 8. Al Fayyum also leads on sunny days by 8.
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Cairo
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Cost of Living
Cairo averages $871/mo for balanced living; Al Fayyum has no cost baseline yet.
Cairo
$871monthly · balanced
Mobility
Cairo scores 2.0 on mobility (0–5 scale); Al Fayyum has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Cairo's culture score of 3.7 sits well above Al Fayyum's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Cairo scores 2.8 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Al Fayyum has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Cairo scores 0.6 on safety (0–5 scale); Al Fayyum has no safety baseline.
Career
Cairo scores 3.8 on career (0–5 scale); Al Fayyum has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Cairo scores 3.3 on social & community (0–5 scale); Al Fayyum has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Cairo scores 2.6 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Al Fayyum has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Cairo scores 2.8 on family (0–5 scale); Al Fayyum has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Cairo scores 2.4 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Al Fayyum has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Al Fayyum averages 39.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Cairo's 42.9 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Al Fayyum breathes ~8% cleaner air (3.6 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.
Al Fayyum (741K) and Cairo (25.2M) are 34x in population — Cairo is the larger metro, Al Fayyum the smaller; on land area Cairo spans roughly 28x more ground.
Cairo is roughly 31x the scale of Al Fayyum
Combined population & area comparison
CairoAl FayyumCity Scale Rankings
Cairo25.2M34xAl Fayyum741K1xCairo1,680 km²28xAl Fayyum59 km²1xAl Fayyum
Cairo
Who Thrives Here
Cairo is the stronger fit for the big city energy. Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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