Climate
Jepara logs 151 hot days a year to Surabaya's 347 — Jepara wins by 196. Surabaya also leads on sunny days by 12.
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Air Quality
Jepara averages 26.5 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Surabaya's 33.5 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Jepara breathes ~21% cleaner air (7.0 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.
Jepara (682K) and Surabaya (6.9M) are 10x in population — Surabaya is the larger metro, Jepara the smaller; on land area Surabaya spans roughly 7.7x more ground.
Surabaya is roughly 8.8x the scale of Jepara
Combined population & area comparison
SurabayaJeparaCity Scale Rankings
Surabaya6.9M10xJepara682K1xSurabaya1,304 km²7.7xJepara169 km²1xJepara
Surabaya
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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