Climate
Kakamega logs 18 hot days a year to Mombasa's 129 — Kakamega wins by 111. Kakamega also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 2.
Kakamega
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Dinner outside
Mombasa
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Dinner outside
Air Quality
Kakamega averages 23.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Mombasa's 13.7 µg/m³ (moderate) — Mombasa breathes ~41% cleaner air (9.6 µg/m³ lower).
Kakamega
Mombasa
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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.
Kakamega (125K) and Mombasa (1.6M) are 13x in population — Mombasa is the larger metro, Kakamega the smaller; on land area Mombasa spans roughly 5.8x more ground.
Mombasa is roughly 8.7x the scale of Kakamega
Combined population & area comparison
MombasaKakamegaCity Scale Rankings
Mombasa1.6M13xKakamega125K1xMombasa181 km²5.8xKakamega31 km²1xKakamega
Mombasa
Who Thrives Here
Mombasa is the stronger fit for the clean air seeker. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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