Climate
Daegu logs 57 hot days a year to T’aebaek's 7 — T’aebaek wins by 50. Daegu also leads on frost days by 37.
Daegu
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
T’aebaek
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Dinner outside
Air Quality
Daegu averages 22.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus T’aebaek's 14.3 µg/m³ (moderate) — T’aebaek breathes ~36% cleaner air (8.0 µg/m³ lower).
Daegu
T’aebaek
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 T’aebaek (49K) are 47x in population — Daegu is the larger metro, T’aebaek the smaller.
Daegu is roughly 47x the scale of T’aebaek
Based on population (area data unavailable for some cities)
DaeguT’aebaekCity Scale Rankings
Daegu2.3M47xT’aebaek49K1xWho Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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