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Bandung

Indonesia

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Parepare

Indonesia

Climate

Bandung logs 12 outdoor-dinner months a year to Parepare's 3 — Bandung wins by 9. Bandung also leads on hot days by 307.

BandungParepare
Sunny days
189217
Hot days
0307
Frost days
00
Rain days
280250
Outdoor dinner months
12/123/12
Avg wind
1.0 m/s2.4 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,1602,471
Darkest month sun
109 hrs/mo147 hrs/mo
UV peak month
10.512.0

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 →

Parepare

Feels-like °C

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

Dinner outside

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

Air Quality

Bandung averages 25.8 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Parepare's 14.4 µg/m³ (moderate) — Parepare breathes ~44% cleaner air (11.5 µg/m³ lower).

Bandung

Parepare

25.8µg/m³
14.4µg/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 Parepare (144K) are 60x in population — Bandung is the larger metro, Parepare the smaller; on land area Bandung spans roughly 27x more ground.

41x

Bandung is roughly 41x the scale of Parepare

Combined population & area comparison

ID flagBandung
41x
ID flagParepare
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.ID flagBandung8.7M60x
2.ID flagParepare144K1x
Area
1.ID flagBandung988 km²27x
2.ID flagParepare36 km²1x
© Stadia Maps, © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors
54 km36 km

ID flagBandung

© Stadia Maps, © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors
7.0 km11 km

ID flagParepare

Who Thrives Here

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

Thrives in both
BandungParepare
Winter Escapist
87%100%
Eternal Summer
76%84%
Thrives only in Parepare
BandungParepare
Clean Air Seeker
22%71%
Sunshine Lover
44%56%

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Frequently asked about Bandung vs Parepare

▶How does the climate compare between Bandung and Parepare?
Sunny days: 189 vs 217 d — Parepare higher Annual sunshine: 2,160 vs 2,471 hrs — Parepare higher Winter sunshine: 109 vs 147 hrs/day — Parepare higher Hot days (>30°C): 0 vs 307 d — Bandung lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 280 vs 250 d — Parepare lower
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