Climate
Alexandria logs 11 hot days a year to Zagazig's 187 — Alexandria wins by 176. Zagazig also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.
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Zagazig
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Air Quality
Alexandria averages 31.2 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Zagazig's 32.4 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Alexandria breathes ~4% cleaner air (1.2 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 Zagazig (1.3M) are 5.3x in population — Alexandria is the larger metro, Zagazig the smaller; on land area Alexandria spans roughly 3.2x more ground.
Alexandria is roughly 4.2x the scale of Zagazig
Combined population & area comparison
AlexandriaZagazigCity Scale Rankings
Alexandria6.9M5.3xZagazig1.3M1xAlexandria439 km²3.2xZagazig136 km²1xAlexandria
Zagazig
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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