Climate
Faisalabad logs 221 hot days a year to Islamabad's 158 — Islamabad wins by 63. Faisalabad also leads on sunny days by 14.
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Islamabad
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Air Quality
Faisalabad averages 65.7 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Islamabad's 47.9 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Islamabad breathes ~27% cleaner air (17.8 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.
Faisalabad (5.7M) and Islamabad (4.9M) are 1.2x in population — Faisalabad is the larger metro, Islamabad the smaller; on land area Islamabad spans roughly 1.7x more ground.
Islamabad is roughly 1.2x the scale of Faisalabad
Combined population & area comparison
IslamabadFaisalabadCity Scale Rankings
Faisalabad5.7M1.2xIslamabad4.9M1xIslamabad550 km²1.7xFaisalabad326 km²1xFaisalabad
Islamabad
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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