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Budta

Philippines

vs
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Jolo

Philippines

Climate

Budta logs 1 outdoor-dinner months a year to Jolo's 12 — Jolo wins by 11. Jolo also leads on sunny days by 39.

BudtaJolo
Sunny days
193232
Hot days
3450
Frost days
00
Rain days
296238
Outdoor dinner months
1/1212/12
Avg wind
1.2 m/s3.1 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,2252,493
Darkest month sun
157 hrs/mo152 hrs/mo
UV peak month
11.812.2

Budta

Feels-like °C

32
32
33
33
32
32
31
32
32
31
32
32

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Jolo

Feels-like °C

29
29
31
32
31
31
30
30
30
29
31
30

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Budta averages 15.4 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Jolo's 14.3 µg/m³ (moderate) — Jolo breathes ~7% cleaner air (1.1 µg/m³ lower).

Budta

Jolo

15.4µg/m³
14.3µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Sensitive Groups
Moderate

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Budta (1.3M) and Jolo (63K) are 20x in population — Budta is the larger metro, Jolo the smaller.

20x

Budta is roughly 20x the scale of Jolo

Based on population (area data unavailable for some cities)

PH flagBudta
20x
PH flagJolo
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.PH flagBudta1.3M20x
2.PH flagJolo63K1x

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
BudtaJolo

Frequently asked about Budta vs Jolo

How does the climate compare between Budta and Jolo?
Sunny days: 193 vs 232 d — Jolo higher Annual sunshine: 2,225 vs 2,493 hrs — Jolo higher Winter sunshine: 157 vs 152 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 345 vs 0 d — Jolo lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 296 vs 238 d — Jolo lower
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