Climate
Dammam logs 6 outdoor-dinner months a year to Mecca's 12 — Mecca wins by 6. Dammam also leads on hot days by 108.
Dammam
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Mecca
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Dammam averages 77.6 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Mecca's 104.6 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Dammam breathes ~26% cleaner air (27 µg/m³ lower).
Dammam
Mecca
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.
Dammam (2.6M) and Mecca (1.9M) are 1.4x in population — Dammam is the larger metro, Mecca the smaller; on land area Dammam spans roughly 2.2x more ground.
Dammam is roughly 1.7x the scale of Mecca
Combined population & area comparison
DammamMeccaCity Scale Rankings
Dammam2.6M1.4xMecca1.9M1xDammam508 km²2.2xMecca233 km²1xDammam
Mecca
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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