Climate
Bregenz logs 4 hot days a year to Linz's 13 — Bregenz wins by 9. Linz also leads on frost days by 16.
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Linz
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Air Quality
Bregenz averages 8.0 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Linz's 10.4 µg/m³ (moderate) — Bregenz breathes ~23% cleaner air (2.4 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.
Bregenz (52K) and Linz (243K) are 4.7x in population — Linz is the larger metro, Bregenz the smaller; on land area Linz spans roughly 3.4x more ground.
Linz is roughly 4.0x the scale of Bregenz
Combined population & area comparison
LinzBregenzCity Scale Rankings
Linz243K4.7xBregenz52K1xLinz67 km²3.4xBregenz20 km²1xBregenz
Linz
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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