Climate
Iaşi logs 37 hot days a year to Sibiu's 6 — Sibiu wins by 31. Iaşi also leads on frost days by 34.
Iaşi
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Sibiu
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Air Quality
Iaşi averages 13.8 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Sibiu's 14.1 µg/m³ (moderate) — Iaşi breathes ~2% cleaner air (0.3 µg/m³ lower).
Iaşi
Sibiu
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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.
Iaşi (305K) and Sibiu (134K) are 2.3x in population — Iaşi is the larger metro, Sibiu the smaller; on land area Iaşi spans roughly 2.2x more ground.
Iaşi is roughly 2.2x the scale of Sibiu
Combined population & area comparison
IaşiSibiuCity Scale Rankings
Iaşi305K2.3xSibiu134K1xIaşi60 km²2.2xSibiu27 km²1xIaşi
Sibiu
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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