BD flag
Dhaka

Bangladesh

vs
BD flag
Khulna

Bangladesh

Climate

Dhaka logs 4 outdoor-dinner months a year to Khulna's 5 — Khulna wins by 1. Khulna also leads on hot days by 11.

DhakaKhulna
Sunny days
233235
Hot days
247236
Frost days
00
Rainy days
163157
Outdoor dinner months
4/125/12
Avg wind
2.3 m/s2.4 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,4472,424
Darkest month sun
116 hrs/mo107 hrs/mo
UV peak month
7.47.8

Dhaka

Feels-like °C

24
26
31
35
34
31
32
32
32
32
29
24

Dinner outside

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

Khulna

Feels-like °C

23
27
32
36
34
32
32
32
32
32
28
24

Dinner outside

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

Air Quality

Dhaka averages 80.6 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Khulna's 68.4 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Khulna breathes ~15% cleaner air (12.2 µg/m³ lower).

Dhaka

Khulna

80.6µg/m³
68.4µg/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.

Dhaka (37.3M) and Khulna (1.1M) are 35x in population — Dhaka is the larger metro, Khulna the smaller; on land area Dhaka spans roughly 52x more ground.

43x

Dhaka is roughly 43x the scale of Khulna

Combined population & area comparison

BD flagDhaka
43x
BD flagKhulna
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.BD flagDhaka37.3M35x
2.BD flagKhulna1.1M1x
Area
1.BD flagDhaka6,611 km²52x
2.BD flagKhulna126 km²1x
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128 km174 km

BD flagDhaka

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14 km19 km

BD flagKhulna

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
DhakaKhulna
Struggles in both
DhakaKhulna

Frequently asked about Dhaka vs Khulna

How does the climate compare between Dhaka and Khulna?
Sunny days: 233 vs 235 d — Similar Annual sunshine: 2,447 vs 2,424 hrs — Similar Winter sunshine: 116 vs 107 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 247 vs 236 d — Khulna lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 163 vs 157 d — Similar
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