Climate
Bungoma logs 78 hot days a year to Kakamega's 18 — Kakamega wins by 60. Kakamega also leads on sunny days by 20.
Bungoma
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Kakamega
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Air Quality
Bungoma averages 25.0 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Kakamega's 23.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Kakamega breathes ~7% cleaner air (1.7 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.
Bungoma (98K) and Kakamega (125K) are 1.3x in population — Kakamega is the larger metro, Bungoma the smaller; on land area Kakamega spans roughly 1.3x more ground.
Kakamega is roughly 1.3x the scale of Bungoma
Combined population & area comparison
KakamegaBungomaCity Scale Rankings
Kakamega125K1.3xBungoma98K1xKakamega31 km²1.3xBungoma23 km²1xBungoma
Kakamega
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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