PK flag
Dadu

Pakistan

vs
PK flag
Karachi

Pakistan

Climate

Dadu logs 258 hot days a year to Karachi's 177 — Karachi wins by 81. Karachi also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.

DaduKarachi
Sunny days
340316
Hot days
258177
Frost days
00
Rainy days
1527
Outdoor dinner months
6/127/12
Avg wind
2.0 m/s5.0 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,3543,166
Darkest month sun
217 hrs/mo166 hrs/mo
UV peak month
9.610.4

Dadu

Feels-like °C

20
25
30
36
43
44
41
39
39
33
27
22

Dinner outside

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

Karachi

Feels-like °C

18
25
28
32
35
35
33
30
32
31
27
20

Dinner outside

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

Air Quality

Dadu averages 50.6 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Karachi's 63.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Dadu breathes ~20% cleaner air (12.7 µg/m³ lower).

Dadu

Karachi

50.6µg/m³
63.3µg/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.

Dadu (253K) and Karachi (21.0M) are 83x in population — Karachi is the larger metro, Dadu the smaller; on land area Karachi spans roughly 52x more ground.

66x

Karachi is roughly 66x the scale of Dadu

Combined population & area comparison

PK flagKarachi
66x
PK flagDadu
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.PK flagKarachi21.0M83x
2.PK flagDadu253K1x
Area
1.PK flagKarachi834 km²52x
2.PK flagDadu16 km²1x
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6.3 km3.8 km

PK flagDadu

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50 km35 km

PK flagKarachi

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.

Thrives in both
DaduKarachi
Struggles in both
DaduKarachi

Frequently asked about Dadu vs Karachi

How does the climate compare between Dadu and Karachi?
Sunny days: 340 vs 316 d — Dadu higher Annual sunshine: 3,354 vs 3,166 hrs — Dadu higher Winter sunshine: 217 vs 166 hrs/day — Dadu higher Hot days (>30°C): 258 vs 177 d — Karachi lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 15 vs 27 d — Dadu lower
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