Climate
Bucharest logs 58 frost days a year to Craiova's 43 — Craiova wins by 15. Bucharest also leads on hot days by 8.
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Air Quality
Bucharest averages 16.0 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Craiova's 16.6 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Bucharest breathes ~4% cleaner air (0.6 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.
Bucharest (2.0M) and Craiova (260K) are 7.6x in population — Bucharest is the larger metro, Craiova the smaller; on land area Bucharest spans roughly 5.7x more ground.
Bucharest is roughly 6.5x the scale of Craiova
Combined population & area comparison
BucharestCraiovaCity Scale Rankings
Bucharest2.0M7.6xCraiova260K1xBucharest260 km²5.7xCraiova46 km²1xBucharest
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Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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