Climate
Bloemfontein logs 322 sunny days a year to Cape Town's 294 — Bloemfontein wins by 28. Bloemfontein also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 6.
Bloemfontein
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Cape Town
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Cost of Living
Cape Town averages $1,323/mo for balanced living; Bloemfontein has no cost baseline yet.
Cape Town
$1,323monthly · balanced
Mobility
Cape Town scores 2.0 on mobility (0–5 scale); Bloemfontein has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Cape Town's culture score of 3.8 sits well above Bloemfontein's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Cape Town scores 4.8 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Bloemfontein has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Cape Town scores 0.0 on safety (0–5 scale); Bloemfontein has no safety baseline.
Career
Cape Town scores 2.7 on career (0–5 scale); Bloemfontein has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Cape Town scores 3.2 on social & community (0–5 scale); Bloemfontein has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Cape Town scores 3.4 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Bloemfontein has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Cape Town scores 3.1 on family (0–5 scale); Bloemfontein has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Cape Town scores 3.1 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Bloemfontein has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Bloemfontein averages 25.6 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Cape Town's 9.4 µg/m³ (good) — Cape Town breathes ~63% cleaner air (16.1 µg/m³ lower).
Bloemfontein
Cape Town
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Bloemfontein (483K) and Cape Town (4.3M) are 9.0x in population — Cape Town is the larger metro, Bloemfontein the smaller; on land area Cape Town spans roughly 5.3x more ground.
Cape Town is roughly 6.9x the scale of Bloemfontein
Combined population & area comparison
Cape TownBloemfonteinCity Scale Rankings
Cape Town4.3M9.0xBloemfontein483K1xCape Town695 km²5.3xBloemfontein132 km²1xBloemfontein
Cape Town
Who Thrives Here
Cape Town is the stronger fit for the outdoor enthusiast. Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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