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Bandung

Indonesia

vs
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Gunungsitoli

Indonesia

Climate

Bandung logs 0 hot days a year to Gunungsitoli's 182 — Bandung wins by 182. Bandung also leads on sunny days by 57.

BandungGunungsitoli
Sunny days
189132
Hot days
0182
Frost days
00
Rain days
280312
Outdoor dinner months
12/120/12
Avg wind
1.0 m/s1.4 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,1601,815
Darkest month sun
109 hrs/mo114 hrs/mo
UV peak month
10.511.4

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

Gunungsitoli

Feels-like °C

32
33
31
32
32
32
31
30
30
30
29
31

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 Gunungsitoli's 8.0 µg/m³ (good) — Gunungsitoli breathes ~69% cleaner air (17.8 µg/m³ lower).

Bandung

Gunungsitoli

25.8µg/m³
8.0µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Unhealthy
Good

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 Gunungsitoli (72K) are 120x in population — Bandung is the larger metro, Gunungsitoli the smaller; on land area Bandung spans roughly 62x more ground.

86x

Bandung is roughly 86x the scale of Gunungsitoli

Combined population & area comparison

ID flagBandung
86x
ID flagGunungsitoli
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.ID flagBandung8.7M120x
2.ID flagGunungsitoli72K1x
Area
1.ID flagBandung988 km²62x
2.ID flagGunungsitoli16 km²1x
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54 km36 km

ID flagBandung

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4.5 km7.2 km

ID flagGunungsitoli

Who Thrives Here

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

Thrives in both
BandungGunungsitoli
Thrives only in Gunungsitoli
BandungGunungsitoli
Struggles in both
BandungGunungsitoli

Frequently asked about Bandung vs Gunungsitoli

How does the climate compare between Bandung and Gunungsitoli?
Sunny days: 189 vs 132 d — Bandung higher Annual sunshine: 2,160 vs 1,815 hrs — Bandung higher Winter sunshine: 109 vs 114 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 0 vs 182 d — Bandung lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 280 vs 312 d — Bandung lower
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