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Faisalabad

Pakistan

vs
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Gujranwala

Pakistan

Climate

Faisalabad logs 7 outdoor-dinner months a year to Gujranwala's 8 — Gujranwala wins by 1. Gujranwala also leads on hot days by 12.

FaisalabadGujranwala
Sunny days
317302
Hot days
221209
Frost days
00
Rainy days
5795
Outdoor dinner months
7/128/12
Avg wind
2.0 m/s2.0 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,1563,021
Darkest month sun
169 hrs/mo171 hrs/mo
UV peak month
7.87.6

Faisalabad

Feels-like °C

15
21
26
30
38
40
39
38
37
31
24
18

Dinner outside

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

Gujranwala

Feels-like °C

14
19
24
29
36
38
36
36
36
30
22
16

Dinner outside

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

Air Quality

Faisalabad averages 65.7 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Gujranwala's 62.0 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Gujranwala breathes ~6% cleaner air (3.7 µg/m³ lower).

Faisalabad

Gujranwala

65.7µg/m³
62.0µg/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.

Faisalabad (5.7M) and Gujranwala (3.1M) are 1.8x in population — Faisalabad is the larger metro, Gujranwala the smaller; on land area Faisalabad spans roughly 1.4x more ground.

1.6x

Faisalabad is roughly 1.6x the scale of Gujranwala

Combined population & area comparison

PK flagFaisalabad
1.6x
PK flagGujranwala
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.PK flagFaisalabad5.7M1.8x
2.PK flagGujranwala3.1M1x
Area
1.PK flagFaisalabad326 km²1.4x
2.PK flagGujranwala231 km²1x
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29 km23 km

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19 km28 km

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Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
FaisalabadGujranwala
Struggles in both
FaisalabadGujranwala

Frequently asked about Faisalabad vs Gujranwala

How does the climate compare between Faisalabad and Gujranwala?
Sunny days: 317 vs 302 d — Faisalabad higher Annual sunshine: 3,156 vs 3,021 hrs — Faisalabad higher Winter sunshine: 169 vs 171 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 221 vs 209 d — Gujranwala lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 57 vs 95 d — Faisalabad lower
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