Climate
Bucharest logs 60 hot days a year to Cugir's 18 — Cugir wins by 42. Bucharest also leads on frost days by 21.
Bucharest
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Cugir
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Air Quality
Bucharest averages 16.0 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Cugir's 15.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Cugir breathes ~4% cleaner air (0.7 µg/m³ lower).
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Cugir
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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 Cugir (25K) are 80x in population — Bucharest is the larger metro, Cugir the smaller.
Bucharest is roughly 80x the scale of Cugir
Based on population (area data unavailable for some cities)
BucharestCugirCity Scale Rankings
Bucharest2.0M80xCugir25K1xWho Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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