BD flag
Dhaka

Bangladesh

vs
BD flag
Rangpur

Bangladesh

Climate

Dhaka logs 4 outdoor-dinner months a year to Rangpur's 5 — Rangpur wins by 1. Rangpur also leads on hot days by 28.

DhakaRangpur
Sunny days
233234
Hot days
247219
Frost days
00
Rainy days
163176
Outdoor dinner months
4/125/12
Avg wind
2.3 m/s2.0 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,4472,429
Darkest month sun
116 hrs/mo118 hrs/mo
UV peak month
7.47.5

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

Rangpur

Feels-like °C

23
24
29
33
32
32
33
33
33
31
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 Rangpur's 61.5 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Rangpur breathes ~24% cleaner air (19.1 µg/m³ lower).

Dhaka

Rangpur

80.6µg/m³
61.5µg/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 Rangpur (611K) are 61x in population — Dhaka is the larger metro, Rangpur the smaller; on land area Dhaka spans roughly 103x more ground.

79x

Dhaka is roughly 79x the scale of Rangpur

Combined population & area comparison

BD flagDhaka
79x
BD flagRangpur
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.BD flagDhaka37.3M61x
2.BD flagRangpur611K1x
Area
1.BD flagDhaka6,611 km²103x
2.BD flagRangpur64 km²1x
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128 km174 km

BD flagDhaka

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14 km9.4 km

BD flagRangpur

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
DhakaRangpur
Struggles in both
DhakaRangpur

Frequently asked about Dhaka vs Rangpur

How does the climate compare between Dhaka and Rangpur?
Sunny days: 233 vs 234 d — Similar Annual sunshine: 2,447 vs 2,429 hrs — Similar Winter sunshine: 116 vs 118 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 247 vs 219 d — Rangpur lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 163 vs 176 d — Dhaka lower
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