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Bandung

Indonesia

vs
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Medan

Indonesia

Climate

Bandung logs 0 hot days a year to Medan's 317 — Bandung wins by 317. Bandung also leads on sunny days by 71.

BandungMedan
Sunny days
189118
Hot days
0317
Frost days
00
Rain days
280295
Outdoor dinner months
12/120/12
Avg wind
1.0 m/s1.3 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,1601,796
Darkest month sun
109 hrs/mo91 hrs/mo
UV peak month
10.59.8

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
Bandung Climate Lab →Lifestyle Calendar →Climate twin →

Medan

Feels-like °C

32
33
33
33
33
33
33
32
32
32
30
30

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Medan Climate Lab →Lifestyle Calendar →Climate twin →

Air Quality

Bandung averages 25.8 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Medan's 39.4 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Bandung breathes ~35% cleaner air (13.6 µg/m³ lower).

Bandung

Medan

25.8µg/m³
39.4µg/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.

Bandung (8.7M) and Medan (4.4M) are 2.0x in population — Bandung is the larger metro, Medan the smaller; on land area Bandung spans roughly 1.6x more ground.

1.8x

Bandung is roughly 1.8x the scale of Medan

Combined population & area comparison

ID flagBandung
1.8x
ID flagMedan
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.ID flagBandung8.7M2.0x
2.ID flagMedan4.4M1x
Area
1.ID flagBandung988 km²1.6x
2.ID flagMedan607 km²1x
© Stadia Maps, © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors
54 km36 km

ID flagBandung

© Stadia Maps, © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors
48 km41 km

ID flagMedan

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
BandungMedan
Winter Escapist
87%89%
Eternal Summer
76%79%
Struggles in both
BandungMedan
Sunshine Lover
44%37%
Clean Air Seeker
22%9%

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Frequently asked about Bandung vs Medan

▶How does the climate compare between Bandung and Medan?
Sunny days: 189 vs 118 d — Bandung higher Annual sunshine: 2,160 vs 1,796 hrs — Bandung higher Winter sunshine: 109 vs 91 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 0 vs 317 d — Bandung lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 280 vs 295 d — Bandung lower
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