Climate
Bandung logs 0 hot days a year to Medan's 317 — Bandung wins by 317. Bandung also leads on sunny days by 71.
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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).
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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.
Bandung is roughly 1.8x the scale of Medan
Combined population & area comparison
City Scale Rankings
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Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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