Climate
Al Hufūf logs 7 outdoor-dinner months a year to Mecca's 12 — Mecca wins by 5. Al Hufūf also leads on hot days by 80.
Al Hufūf
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Mecca
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Al Hufūf averages 73.2 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Mecca's 104.6 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Al Hufūf breathes ~30% cleaner air (31.4 µg/m³ lower).
Al Hufūf
Mecca
PM2.5 annual average
WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Al Hufūf (797K) and Mecca (1.9M) are 2.4x in population — Mecca is the larger metro, Al Hufūf the smaller; on land area Mecca spans roughly 1.3x more ground.
Mecca is roughly 1.8x the scale of Al Hufūf
Combined population & area comparison
MeccaAl HufūfCity Scale Rankings
Mecca1.9M2.4xAl Hufūf797K1xMecca233 km²1.3xAl Hufūf178 km²1xAl Hufūf
Mecca
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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