Climate
Budta logs 345 hot days a year to Laoag's 142 — Laoag wins by 203. Laoag also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.
Budta
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Dinner outside
Laoag
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Air Quality
Budta averages 15.4 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Laoag's 12.3 µg/m³ (moderate) — Laoag breathes ~20% cleaner air (3.1 µg/m³ lower).
Budta
Laoag
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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 Laoag (105K) are 12x in population — Budta is the larger metro, Laoag the smaller.
Budta is roughly 12x the scale of Laoag
Based on population (area data unavailable for some cities)
BudtaLaoagCity Scale Rankings
Budta1.3M12xLaoag105K1xWho Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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