PK flag
Faisalabad

Pakistan

vs
PK flag
Karachi

Pakistan

Climate

Faisalabad logs 221 hot days a year to Karachi's 177 — Karachi wins by 44. Faisalabad also leads on sunny days by 1.

FaisalabadKarachi
Sunny days
317316
Hot days
221177
Frost days
00
Rain days
5727
Outdoor dinner months
7/127/12
Avg wind
2.0 m/s5.0 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,1563,166
Darkest month sun
169 hrs/mo166 hrs/mo
UV peak month
7.810.4

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

Karachi

Feels-like °C

18
25
28
32
35
35
33
30
32
31
27
20

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 Karachi's 63.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Karachi breathes ~4% cleaner air (2.4 µg/m³ lower).

Faisalabad

Karachi

65.7µg/m³
63.3µg/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 Karachi (21.0M) are 3.7x in population — Karachi is the larger metro, Faisalabad the smaller; on land area Karachi spans roughly 2.6x more ground.

3.1x

Karachi is roughly 3.1x the scale of Faisalabad

Combined population & area comparison

PK flagKarachi
3.1x
PK flagFaisalabad
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.PK flagKarachi21.0M3.7x
2.PK flagFaisalabad5.7M1x
Area
1.PK flagKarachi834 km²2.6x
2.PK flagFaisalabad326 km²1x
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29 km23 km

PK flagFaisalabad

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50 km35 km

PK flagKarachi

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
FaisalabadKarachi
Struggles in both
FaisalabadKarachi

Frequently asked about Faisalabad vs Karachi

How does the climate compare between Faisalabad and Karachi?
Sunny days: 317 vs 316 d — Similar Annual sunshine: 3,156 vs 3,166 hrs — Similar Winter sunshine: 169 vs 166 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 221 vs 177 d — Karachi lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 57 vs 27 d — Karachi lower
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