Climate
Alexandria logs 11 hot days a year to Darāw's 242 — Alexandria wins by 231. 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 Darāw's 36.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Alexandria breathes ~14% cleaner air (5.1 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 Darāw (52K) are 134x in population — Alexandria is the larger metro, Darāw the smaller; on land area Alexandria spans roughly 34x more ground.
Alexandria is roughly 67x the scale of Darāw
Combined population & area comparison
AlexandriaDarāwCity Scale Rankings
Alexandria6.9M134xDarāw52K1xAlexandria439 km²34xDarāw13 km²1xAlexandria
Darāw
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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