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Faisalabad

Pakistan

vs

Climate

Faisalabad logs 221 hot days a year to Rahim Yar Khan's 243 — Faisalabad wins by 22. Rahim Yar Khan also leads on sunny days by 24.

FaisalabadRahim Yar Khan
Sunny days
317341
Hot days
221243
Frost days
00
Rainy days
5720
Outdoor dinner months
7/127/12
Avg wind
2.0 m/s2.5 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,1563,334
Darkest month sun
169 hrs/mo225 hrs/mo
UV peak month
7.89.6

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

Rahim Yar Khan

Feels-like °C

17
22
28
33
39
41
40
37
37
32
25
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 Rahim Yar Khan's 58.8 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Rahim Yar Khan breathes ~11% cleaner air (6.9 µg/m³ lower).

Faisalabad

Rahim Yar Khan

65.7µg/m³
58.8µg/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 Rahim Yar Khan (653K) are 8.7x in population — Faisalabad is the larger metro, Rahim Yar Khan the smaller; on land area Faisalabad spans roughly 4.9x more ground.

6.6x

Faisalabad is roughly 6.6x the scale of Rahim Yar Khan

Combined population & area comparison

PK flagFaisalabad
6.6x
PK flagRahim Yar Khan
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.PK flagFaisalabad5.7M8.7x
2.PK flagRahim Yar Khan653K1x
Area
1.PK flagFaisalabad326 km²4.9x
2.PK flagRahim Yar Khan66 km²1x
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29 km23 km

PK flagFaisalabad

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12 km9.5 km

PK flagRahim Yar Khan

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.

Thrives in both
FaisalabadRahim Yar Khan
Struggles in both
FaisalabadRahim Yar Khan

Frequently asked about Faisalabad vs Rahim Yar Khan

How does the climate compare between Faisalabad and Rahim Yar Khan?
Sunny days: 317 vs 341 d — Rahim Yar Khan higher Annual sunshine: 3,156 vs 3,334 hrs — Rahim Yar Khan higher Winter sunshine: 169 vs 225 hrs/day — Rahim Yar Khan higher Hot days (>30°C): 221 vs 243 d — Faisalabad lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 57 vs 20 d — Rahim Yar Khan lower
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