Climate
Al Maţarīyah logs 59 hot days a year to Alexandria's 11 — Alexandria wins by 48. Al Maţarīyah also leads on sunny days by 7.
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Air Quality
Al Maţarīyah averages 23.6 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Alexandria's 31.2 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Al Maţarīyah breathes ~24% cleaner air (7.6 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 Maţarīyah (357K) and Alexandria (6.9M) are 19x in population — Alexandria is the larger metro, Al Maţarīyah the smaller; on land area Alexandria spans roughly 8.1x more ground.
Alexandria is roughly 13x the scale of Al Maţarīyah
Combined population & area comparison
AlexandriaAl MaţarīyahCity Scale Rankings
Alexandria6.9M19xAl Maţarīyah357K1xAlexandria439 km²8.1xAl Maţarīyah54 km²1xAl Maţarīyah
Alexandria
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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