Climate
El Wak logs 344 hot days a year to Nairobi's 1 — Nairobi wins by 343. El Wak also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 9.
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Nairobi
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Cost of Living
Nairobi averages $1,546/mo for balanced living; El Wak has no cost baseline yet.
Nairobi
$1,546monthly · balanced
Mobility
Nairobi scores 1.8 on mobility (0–5 scale); El Wak has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Nairobi's culture score of 2.9 sits well above El Wak's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Nairobi scores 3.7 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); El Wak has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Nairobi scores 1.2 on safety (0–5 scale); El Wak has no safety baseline.
Career
Nairobi scores 3.8 on career (0–5 scale); El Wak has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Nairobi scores 3.9 on social & community (0–5 scale); El Wak has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Nairobi scores 3.2 on food & dining (0–5 scale); El Wak has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Nairobi scores 2.6 on family (0–5 scale); El Wak has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Nairobi scores 2.7 on healthcare (0–5 scale); El Wak has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
El Wak averages 10.5 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Nairobi's 19.0 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — El Wak breathes ~45% cleaner air (8.5 µg/m³ lower).
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
El Wak (263K) and Nairobi (6.6M) are 25x in population — Nairobi is the larger metro, El Wak the smaller; on land area Nairobi spans roughly 37x more ground.
Nairobi is roughly 31x the scale of El Wak
Combined population & area comparison
NairobiEl WakCity Scale Rankings
Nairobi6.6M25xEl Wak263K1xNairobi598 km²37xEl Wak16 km²1xEl Wak
Nairobi
Who Thrives Here
Nairobi is the stronger fit for the english speaker. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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