BD flag
Bāndarban

Bangladesh

vs
BD flag
Chattogram

Bangladesh

Climate

Bāndarban logs 249 hot days a year to Chattogram's 83 — Chattogram wins by 166. Chattogram also leads on sunny days by 7.

BāndarbanChattogram
Sunny days
239246
Hot days
24983
Frost days
00
Rainy days
173167
Outdoor dinner months
5/125/12
Avg wind
2.0 m/s3.8 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,5352,625
Darkest month sun
106 hrs/mo124 hrs/mo
UV peak month
8.58.3

Bāndarban

Feels-like °C

24
27
31
34
34
31
30
29
32
31
30
25

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Chattogram

Feels-like °C

24
27
31
34
34
31
30
30
32
32
29
25

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Bāndarban averages 32.6 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Chattogram's 69.9 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Bāndarban breathes ~53% cleaner air (37.2 µg/m³ lower).

Bāndarban

Chattogram

32.6µg/m³
69.9µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Bāndarban (495K) and Chattogram (5.2M) are 10x in population — Chattogram is the larger metro, Bāndarban the smaller.

10x

Chattogram is roughly 10x the scale of Bāndarban

Based on population (area data unavailable for some cities)

BD flagChattogram
10x
BD flagBāndarban
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.BD flagChattogram5.2M10x
2.BD flagBāndarban495K1x

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
BāndarbanChattogram
Struggles in both
BāndarbanChattogram

Frequently asked about Bāndarban vs Chattogram

How does the climate compare between Bāndarban and Chattogram?
Sunny days: 239 vs 246 d — Similar Annual sunshine: 2,535 vs 2,625 hrs — Similar Winter sunshine: 106 vs 124 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 249 vs 83 d — Chattogram lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 173 vs 167 d — Similar
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