Climate
Faisalabad logs 221 hot days a year to Peshawar's 175 — Peshawar wins by 46. Peshawar also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.
Faisalabad
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Peshawar
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Air Quality
Faisalabad averages 65.7 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Peshawar's 78.1 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Faisalabad breathes ~16% cleaner air (12.4 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 Peshawar (3.5M) are 1.6x in population — Faisalabad is the larger metro, Peshawar the smaller; on land area Peshawar spans roughly 1.6x more ground.
These cities are similar in overall scale
Combined population & area comparison
FaisalabadPeshawarCity Scale Rankings
Faisalabad5.7M1.6xPeshawar3.5M1xPeshawar508 km²1.6xFaisalabad326 km²1xFaisalabad
Peshawar
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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