Climate
Białystok logs 101 frost days a year to Łódź's 81 — Łódź wins by 20. Łódź also leads on hot days by 1.
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Air Quality
Białystok averages 12.5 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Łódź's 15.2 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Białystok breathes ~18% cleaner air (2.7 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.
Białystok (299K) and Łódź (583K) are 1.9x in population — Łódź is the larger metro, Białystok the smaller; on land area Łódź spans roughly 2.1x more ground.
Łódź is roughly 2.0x the scale of Białystok
Combined population & area comparison
ŁódźBiałystokCity Scale Rankings
Łódź583K1.9xBiałystok299K1xŁódź136 km²2.1xBiałystok64 km²1xBiałystok
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Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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