Climate
Hat Yai logs 317 hot days a year to Surat Thani's 273 — Surat Thani wins by 44. Surat Thani also leads on sunny days by 15.
Hat Yai
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Surat Thani
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Air Quality
Hat Yai averages 22.9 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Surat Thani's 19.8 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Surat Thani breathes ~14% cleaner air (3.1 µg/m³ lower).
Hat Yai
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WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Hat Yai (437K) and Surat Thani (91K) are 4.8x in population — Hat Yai is the larger metro, Surat Thani the smaller; on land area Hat Yai spans roughly 2.3x more ground.
Hat Yai is roughly 3.3x the scale of Surat Thani
Combined population & area comparison
Hat YaiSurat ThaniCity Scale Rankings
Hat Yai437K4.8xSurat Thani91K1xHat Yai81 km²2.3xSurat Thani35 km²1xHat Yai
Surat Thani
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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