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Bandung

Indonesia

vs
ID flag
Gorontalo

Indonesia

Climate

Bandung logs 12 outdoor-dinner months a year to Gorontalo's 3 — Bandung wins by 9. Bandung also leads on hot days by 3.

BandungGorontalo
Sunny days
189216
Hot days
03
Frost days
00
Rain days
280297
Outdoor dinner months
12/123/12
Avg wind
1.0 m/s2.6 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,1602,375
Darkest month sun
109 hrs/mo177 hrs/mo
UV peak month
10.510.8

Bandung

Feels-like °C

27
26
27
28
29
29
28
29
29
28
28
26

Dinner outside

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

Gorontalo

Feels-like °C

31
31
32
32
32
32
30
31
31
32
32
32

Dinner outside

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

Air Quality

Bandung averages 25.8 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Gorontalo's 13.9 µg/m³ (moderate) — Gorontalo breathes ~46% cleaner air (11.9 µg/m³ lower).

Bandung

Gorontalo

25.8µg/m³
13.9µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Unhealthy
Moderate

WHO classification

City Scale

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

Bandung (8.7M) and Gorontalo (504K) are 17x in population — Bandung is the larger metro, Gorontalo the smaller; on land area Bandung spans roughly 11x more ground.

14x

Bandung is roughly 14x the scale of Gorontalo

Combined population & area comparison

ID flagBandung
14x
ID flagGorontalo
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.ID flagBandung8.7M17x
2.ID flagGorontalo504K1x
Area
1.ID flagBandung988 km²11x
2.ID flagGorontalo93 km²1x
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54 km36 km

ID flagBandung

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17 km16 km

ID flagGorontalo

Who Thrives Here

Gorontalo is the stronger fit for the clean air seeker. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
BandungGorontalo
Thrives only in Gorontalo
BandungGorontalo

Frequently asked about Bandung vs Gorontalo

How does the climate compare between Bandung and Gorontalo?
Sunny days: 189 vs 216 d — Gorontalo higher Annual sunshine: 2,160 vs 2,375 hrs — Gorontalo higher Winter sunshine: 109 vs 177 hrs/day — Gorontalo higher Hot days (>30°C): 0 vs 3 d — Similar Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 280 vs 297 d — Bandung lower
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