Climate
Cairo logs 178 hot days a year to Shibīn al Kawm's 185 — Cairo wins by 7. Cairo also leads on sunny days by 6.
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Cost of Living
Cairo averages $871/mo for balanced living; Shibīn al Kawm has no cost baseline yet.
Cairo
$871monthly · balanced
Mobility
Cairo scores 2.0 on mobility (0–5 scale); Shibīn al Kawm has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Cairo's culture score of 3.7 sits well above Shibīn al Kawm's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Cairo scores 2.8 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Shibīn al Kawm has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Cairo scores 0.6 on safety (0–5 scale); Shibīn al Kawm has no safety baseline.
Career
Cairo scores 3.8 on career (0–5 scale); Shibīn al Kawm has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Cairo scores 3.3 on social & community (0–5 scale); Shibīn al Kawm has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Cairo scores 2.6 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Shibīn al Kawm has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Cairo scores 2.8 on family (0–5 scale); Shibīn al Kawm has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Cairo scores 2.4 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Shibīn al Kawm has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Cairo averages 42.9 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Shibīn al Kawm's 30.9 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Shibīn al Kawm breathes ~28% cleaner air (12.1 µg/m³ lower).
Cairo
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Cairo (25.2M) and Shibīn al Kawm (469K) are 54x in population — Cairo is the larger metro, Shibīn al Kawm the smaller; on land area Cairo spans roughly 32x more ground.
Cairo is roughly 42x the scale of Shibīn al Kawm
Combined population & area comparison
CairoShibīn al KawmCity Scale Rankings
Cairo25.2M54xShibīn al Kawm469K1xCairo1,680 km²32xShibīn al Kawm52 km²1xCairo
Shibīn al Kawm
Who Thrives Here
Cairo is the stronger fit for the big city energy. Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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