Climate
Daegu logs 4 outdoor-dinner months a year to Gwangju's 3 — Daegu wins by 1. Daegu also leads on sunny days by 24.
Daegu
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Gwangju
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Daegu averages 22.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Gwangju's 21.0 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Gwangju breathes ~6% cleaner air (1.3 µg/m³ lower).
Daegu
Gwangju
PM2.5 annual average
WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Daegu (2.3M) and Gwangju (1.4M) are 1.6x in population — Daegu is the larger metro, Gwangju the smaller; on land area Daegu spans roughly 1.5x more ground.
Daegu is roughly 1.6x the scale of Gwangju
Combined population & area comparison
DaeguGwangjuCity Scale Rankings
Daegu2.3M1.6xGwangju1.4M1xDaegu287 km²1.5xGwangju190 km²1xDaegu
Gwangju
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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