Climate
Johannesburg logs 14 hot days a year to Welkom's 76 — Johannesburg wins by 62. Johannesburg also leads on frost days by 13.
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Cost of Living
Johannesburg averages $1,363/mo for balanced living; Welkom has no cost baseline yet.
Johannesburg
$1,363monthly · balanced
Mobility
Johannesburg scores 2.2 on mobility (0–5 scale); Welkom has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Johannesburg's culture score of 3.6 sits well above Welkom's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Johannesburg scores 3.5 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Welkom has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Johannesburg scores 1.2 on safety (0–5 scale); Welkom has no safety baseline.
Career
Johannesburg scores 4.1 on career (0–5 scale); Welkom has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Johannesburg scores 3.4 on social & community (0–5 scale); Welkom has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Johannesburg scores 3.8 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Welkom has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Johannesburg scores 3.7 on family (0–5 scale); Welkom has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Johannesburg scores 3.4 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Welkom has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Johannesburg averages 37.0 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Welkom's 19.7 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Welkom breathes ~47% cleaner air (17.3 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.
Johannesburg (8.6M) and Welkom (161K) are 53x in population — Johannesburg is the larger metro, Welkom the smaller; on land area Johannesburg spans roughly 28x more ground.
Johannesburg is roughly 39x the scale of Welkom
Combined population & area comparison
JohannesburgWelkomCity Scale Rankings
Johannesburg8.6M53xWelkom161K1xJohannesburg1,756 km²28xWelkom63 km²1xJohannesburg
Welkom
Who Thrives Here
Johannesburg is the stronger fit for the big city energy. Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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