PK flag
Faisalabad

Pakistan

vs
PK flag
Lahore

Pakistan

Climate

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

FaisalabadLahore
Sunny days
317305
Hot days
221215
Frost days
00
Rain days
5772
Outdoor dinner months
7/128/12
Avg wind
2.0 m/s2.0 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,1563,041
Darkest month sun
169 hrs/mo153 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

Lahore

Feels-like °C

15
20
25
30
36
39
36
36
36
30
23
17

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 Lahore's 80.1 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Faisalabad breathes ~18% cleaner air (14.4 µg/m³ lower).

Faisalabad

Lahore

65.7µg/m³
80.1µg/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 Lahore (14.3M) are 2.5x in population — Lahore is the larger metro, Faisalabad the smaller; on land area Lahore spans roughly 2.8x more ground.

2.6x

Lahore is roughly 2.6x the scale of Faisalabad

Combined population & area comparison

PK flagLahore
2.6x
PK flagFaisalabad
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.PK flagLahore14.3M2.5x
2.PK flagFaisalabad5.7M1x
Area
1.PK flagLahore898 km²2.8x
2.PK flagFaisalabad326 km²1x
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29 km23 km

PK flagFaisalabad

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58 km52 km

PK flagLahore

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
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Struggles in both
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Frequently asked about Faisalabad vs Lahore

How does the climate compare between Faisalabad and Lahore?
Sunny days: 317 vs 305 d — Faisalabad higher Annual sunshine: 3,156 vs 3,041 hrs — Faisalabad higher Winter sunshine: 169 vs 153 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 221 vs 215 d — Lahore lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 57 vs 72 d — Faisalabad lower
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