Climate
Hyderabad logs 264 hot days a year to Karachi's 177 — Karachi wins by 87. Hyderabad also leads on sunny days by 12.
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Karachi
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Air Quality
Hyderabad averages 59.2 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Karachi's 63.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Hyderabad breathes ~7% cleaner air (4.1 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.
Hyderabad (3.0M) and Karachi (21.0M) are 7.1x in population — Karachi is the larger metro, Hyderabad the smaller; on land area Karachi spans roughly 5.8x more ground.
Karachi is roughly 6.4x the scale of Hyderabad
Combined population & area comparison
KarachiHyderabadCity Scale Rankings
Karachi21.0M7.1xHyderabad3.0M1xKarachi834 km²5.8xHyderabad144 km²1xHyderabad
Karachi
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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