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Climate

Alexandria logs 11 hot days a year to Damanhur's 156 — Alexandria wins by 145. Alexandria also leads on sunny days by 2.

AlexandriaDamanhur
Sunny days
328326
Hot days
11156
Frost days
00
Rainy days
4220
Outdoor dinner months
7/127/12
Avg wind
4.6 m/s3.1 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,3843,353
Darkest month sun
204 hrs/mo198 hrs/mo
UV peak month
10.310.2

Alexandria

Feels-like °C

13
13
15
20
25
29
32
33
31
26
21
16

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Damanhur

Feels-like °C

14
13
17
22
27
31
34
34
32
27
21
17

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Alexandria averages 31.2 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Damanhur's 26.1 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Damanhur breathes ~16% cleaner air (5.1 µg/m³ lower).

Alexandria

Damanhur

31.2µg/m³
26.1µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Unhealthy
Unhealthy

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Alexandria (6.9M) and Damanhur (555K) are 12x in population — Alexandria is the larger metro, Damanhur the smaller; on land area Alexandria spans roughly 9.1x more ground.

11x

Alexandria is roughly 11x the scale of Damanhur

Combined population & area comparison

EG flagAlexandria
11x
EG flagDamanhur
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.EG flagAlexandria6.9M12x
2.EG flagDamanhur555K1x
Area
1.EG flagAlexandria439 km²9.1x
2.EG flagDamanhur48 km²1x
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55 km33 km

EG flagAlexandria

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9.9 km8.6 km

EG flagDamanhur

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.

Thrives in both
AlexandriaDamanhur
Struggles in both
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Frequently asked about Alexandria vs Damanhur

How does the climate compare between Alexandria and Damanhur?
Sunny days: 328 vs 326 d — Similar Annual sunshine: 3,384 vs 3,353 hrs — Similar Winter sunshine: 204 vs 198 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 11 vs 156 d — Alexandria lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 42 vs 20 d — Damanhur lower
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