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Bungoma

Kenya

vs
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Mombasa

Kenya

Climate

Bungoma logs 78 hot days a year to Mombasa's 129 — Bungoma wins by 51. Bungoma also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 2.

BungomaMombasa
Sunny days
272332
Hot days
78129
Frost days
00
Rainy days
222207
Outdoor dinner months
12/1210/12
Avg wind
1.4 m/s5.1 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,7483,218
Darkest month sun
190 hrs/mo206 hrs/mo
UV peak month
11.511.6

Bungoma

Feels-like °C

27
28
28
27
27
27
26
27
27
28
26
28

Dinner outside

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

Mombasa

Feels-like °C

32
33
33
29
28
25
25
26
27
29
31
32

Dinner outside

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

Air Quality

Bungoma averages 25.0 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Mombasa's 13.7 µg/m³ (moderate) — Mombasa breathes ~45% cleaner air (11.3 µg/m³ lower).

Bungoma

Mombasa

25.0µg/m³
13.7µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Unhealthy
Moderate

WHO classification

City Scale

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

Bungoma (98K) and Mombasa (1.6M) are 16x in population — Mombasa is the larger metro, Bungoma the smaller; on land area Mombasa spans roughly 7.9x more ground.

11x

Mombasa is roughly 11x the scale of Bungoma

Combined population & area comparison

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11x
KE flagBungoma
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.KE flagMombasa1.6M16x
2.KE flagBungoma98K1x
Area
1.KE flagMombasa181 km²7.9x
2.KE flagBungoma23 km²1x
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3.4 km8.1 km

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22 km20 km

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Who Thrives Here

Mombasa is the stronger fit for the clean air seeker. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
BungomaMombasa
Thrives only in Mombasa
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Frequently asked about Bungoma vs Mombasa

How does the climate compare between Bungoma and Mombasa?
Sunny days: 272 vs 332 d — Mombasa higher Annual sunshine: 2,748 vs 3,218 hrs — Mombasa higher Winter sunshine: 190 vs 206 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 78 vs 129 d — Bungoma lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 222 vs 207 d — Mombasa lower
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