Climate
Eldoret logs 0 hot days a year to Kakamega's 18 — Eldoret wins by 18. Kakamega also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 2.
Eldoret
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Kakamega
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Eldoret averages 23.7 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Kakamega's 23.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Kakamega breathes ~2% cleaner air (0.4 µg/m³ lower).
Eldoret
Kakamega
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.
Eldoret (439K) and Kakamega (125K) are 3.5x in population — Eldoret is the larger metro, Kakamega the smaller; on land area Eldoret spans roughly 2.9x more ground.
Eldoret is roughly 3.2x the scale of Kakamega
Combined population & area comparison
EldoretKakamegaCity Scale Rankings
Eldoret439K3.5xKakamega125K1xEldoret90 km²2.9xKakamega31 km²1xEldoret
Kakamega
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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