Climate
Arad logs 172 hot days a year to Jerusalem's 144 — Jerusalem wins by 28. Arad also leads on sunny days by 15.
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Air Quality
Arad averages 23.5 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Jerusalem's 21.1 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Jerusalem breathes ~10% cleaner air (2.4 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.
Arad (28K) and Jerusalem (1.0M) are 37x in population — Jerusalem is the larger metro, Arad the smaller.
Jerusalem is roughly 37x the scale of Arad
Based on population (area data unavailable for some cities)
JerusalemAradCity Scale Rankings
Jerusalem1.0M37xArad28K1xWho Thrives Here
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