Climate
Alexandria logs 11 hot days a year to Assiut's 198 — Alexandria wins by 187. Assiut also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.
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Assiut
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Air Quality
Alexandria averages 31.2 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Assiut's 40.9 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Alexandria breathes ~24% cleaner air (9.7 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 Assiut (1.2M) are 6.0x in population — Alexandria is the larger metro, Assiut the smaller; on land area Alexandria spans roughly 3.0x more ground.
Alexandria is roughly 4.3x the scale of Assiut
Combined population & area comparison
AlexandriaAssiutCity Scale Rankings
Alexandria6.9M6.0xAssiut1.2M1xAlexandria439 km²3.0xAssiut145 km²1xAlexandria
Assiut
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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