Climate
Alexandria logs 11 hot days a year to Shibīn al Kawm's 185 — Alexandria wins by 174. Shibīn al Kawm also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.
Alexandria
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Shibīn al Kawm
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Dinner outside
Air Quality
Alexandria averages 31.2 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Shibīn al Kawm's 30.9 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Shibīn al Kawm breathes ~1% cleaner air (0.3 µg/m³ lower).
Alexandria
Shibīn al Kawm
PM2.5 annual average
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 Shibīn al Kawm (469K) are 15x in population — Alexandria is the larger metro, Shibīn al Kawm the smaller; on land area Alexandria spans roughly 8.4x more ground.
Alexandria is roughly 11x the scale of Shibīn al Kawm
Combined population & area comparison
AlexandriaShibīn al KawmCity Scale Rankings
Alexandria6.9M15xShibīn al Kawm469K1xAlexandria439 km²8.4xShibīn al Kawm52 km²1xAlexandria
Shibīn al Kawm
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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