Climate
Assiut logs 198 hot days a year to Cairo's 178 — Cairo wins by 20. Assiut also leads on sunny days by 16.
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Cost of Living
Cairo averages $871/mo for balanced living; Assiut has no cost baseline yet.
Cairo
$871monthly · balanced
Mobility
Cairo scores 2.0 on mobility (0–5 scale); Assiut has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Cairo's culture score of 3.7 sits well above Assiut's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Cairo scores 2.8 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Assiut has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Cairo scores 0.6 on safety (0–5 scale); Assiut has no safety baseline.
Career
Cairo scores 3.8 on career (0–5 scale); Assiut has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Cairo scores 3.3 on social & community (0–5 scale); Assiut has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Cairo scores 2.6 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Assiut has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Cairo scores 2.8 on family (0–5 scale); Assiut has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Cairo scores 2.4 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Assiut has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Assiut averages 40.9 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Cairo's 42.9 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Assiut breathes ~5% cleaner air (2.0 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.
Assiut (1.2M) and Cairo (25.2M) are 22x in population — Cairo is the larger metro, Assiut the smaller; on land area Cairo spans roughly 12x more ground.
Cairo is roughly 16x the scale of Assiut
Combined population & area comparison
City Scale Rankings
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Who Thrives Here
Cairo is the stronger fit for the big city energy. Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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