Climate
Cape Town logs 0 outdoor-dinner months a year to Welkom's 6 — Welkom wins by 6. Cape Town also leads on frost days by 19.
Cape Town
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Dinner outside
Welkom
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Cost of Living
Cape Town averages $1,323/mo for balanced living; Welkom has no cost baseline yet.
Cape Town
$1,323monthly · balanced
Mobility
Cape Town scores 2.0 on mobility (0–5 scale); Welkom has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Cape Town's culture score of 3.8 sits well above Welkom's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Cape Town scores 4.8 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Welkom has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Cape Town scores 0.0 on safety (0–5 scale); Welkom has no safety baseline.
Career
Cape Town scores 2.7 on career (0–5 scale); Welkom has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Cape Town scores 3.2 on social & community (0–5 scale); Welkom has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Cape Town scores 3.4 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Welkom has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Cape Town scores 3.1 on family (0–5 scale); Welkom has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Cape Town scores 3.1 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Welkom has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Cape Town averages 9.4 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Welkom's 19.7 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Cape Town breathes ~52% cleaner air (10.3 µg/m³ lower).
Cape Town
Welkom
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Cape Town (4.3M) and Welkom (161K) are 27x in population — Cape Town is the larger metro, Welkom the smaller; on land area Cape Town spans roughly 11x more ground.
Cape Town is roughly 17x the scale of Welkom
Combined population & area comparison
Cape TownWelkomCity Scale Rankings
Cape Town4.3M27xWelkom161K1xCape Town695 km²11xWelkom63 km²1xCape Town
Welkom
Who Thrives Here
Cape Town is the stronger fit for the outdoor enthusiast. Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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