BD flag
Chattogram

Bangladesh

vs
BD flag
Rājshāhi

Bangladesh

Climate

Chattogram logs 83 hot days a year to Rājshāhi's 245 — Chattogram wins by 162. Chattogram also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.

ChattogramRājshāhi
Sunny days
246233
Hot days
83245
Frost days
00
Rainy days
167144
Outdoor dinner months
5/124/12
Avg wind
3.8 m/s2.3 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,6252,490
Darkest month sun
124 hrs/mo130 hrs/mo
UV peak month
8.37.6

Chattogram

Feels-like °C

24
27
31
34
34
31
30
30
32
32
29
25

Dinner outside

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

Rājshāhi

Feels-like °C

23
25
31
35
35
35
34
33
33
32
28
24

Dinner outside

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

Air Quality

Chattogram averages 69.9 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Rājshāhi's 67.4 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Rājshāhi breathes ~3% cleaner air (2.4 µg/m³ lower).

Chattogram

Rājshāhi

69.9µg/m³
67.4µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Very Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy

WHO classification

City Scale

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

Chattogram (5.2M) and Rājshāhi (806K) are 6.4x in population — Chattogram is the larger metro, Rājshāhi the smaller; on land area Chattogram spans roughly 3.7x more ground.

4.9x

Chattogram is roughly 4.9x the scale of Rājshāhi

Combined population & area comparison

BD flagChattogram
4.9x
BD flagRājshāhi
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.BD flagChattogram5.2M6.4x
2.BD flagRājshāhi806K1x
Area
1.BD flagChattogram519 km²3.7x
2.BD flagRājshāhi139 km²1x
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35 km55 km

BD flagChattogram

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21 km17 km

BD flagRājshāhi

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
ChattogramRājshāhi
Struggles in both
ChattogramRājshāhi

Frequently asked about Chattogram vs Rājshāhi

How does the climate compare between Chattogram and Rājshāhi?
Sunny days: 246 vs 233 d — Chattogram higher Annual sunshine: 2,625 vs 2,490 hrs — Chattogram higher Winter sunshine: 124 vs 130 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 83 vs 245 d — Chattogram lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 167 vs 144 d — Rājshāhi lower
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