Climate
Alexandria logs 11 hot days a year to Aswān's 237 — Alexandria wins by 226. Alexandria also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.
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Air Quality
Alexandria averages 31.2 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Aswān's 34.9 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Alexandria breathes ~11% cleaner air (3.7 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.
Alexandria (6.9M) and Aswān (473K) are 15x in population — Alexandria is the larger metro, Aswān the smaller; on land area Alexandria spans roughly 7.3x more ground.
Alexandria is roughly 10x the scale of Aswān
Combined population & area comparison
AlexandriaAswānCity Scale Rankings
Alexandria6.9M15xAswān473K1xAlexandria439 km²7.3xAswān60 km²1xAlexandria
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Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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