Climate
Dhaka logs 247 hot days a year to Sandwīp's 64 — Sandwīp wins by 183. Sandwīp also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.
Dhaka
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Sandwīp
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Dhaka averages 80.6 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Sandwīp's 39.1 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Sandwīp breathes ~52% cleaner air (41.5 µg/m³ lower).
Dhaka
Sandwīp
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.
Dhaka (37.3M) and Sandwīp (306K) are 122x in population — Dhaka is the larger metro, Sandwīp the smaller; on land area Dhaka spans roughly 52x more ground.
Dhaka is roughly 79x the scale of Sandwīp
Combined population & area comparison
DhakaSandwīpCity Scale Rankings
Dhaka37.3M122xSandwīp306K1xDhaka6,611 km²52xSandwīp128 km²1xDhaka
Sandwīp
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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