Climate
Bacău logs 31 hot days a year to Iaşi's 37 — Bacău wins by 6. Iaşi also leads on frost days by 10.
Bacău
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Iaşi
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Bacău averages 14.5 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Iaşi's 13.8 µg/m³ (moderate) — Iaşi breathes ~4% cleaner air (0.6 µg/m³ lower).
Bacău
Iaşi
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.
Bacău (130K) and Iaşi (305K) are 2.3x in population — Iaşi is the larger metro, Bacău the smaller; on land area Iaşi spans roughly 2.0x more ground.
Iaşi is roughly 2.2x the scale of Bacău
Combined population & area comparison
IaşiBacăuCity Scale Rankings
Iaşi305K2.3xBacău130K1xIaşi60 km²2.0xBacău30 km²1xBacău
Iaşi
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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