Climate
Kakamega logs 18 hot days a year to Nakuru's 6 — Nakuru wins by 12. Nakuru also leads on sunny days by 10.
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Nakuru
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Air Quality
Kakamega averages 23.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Nakuru's 26.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Kakamega breathes ~13% cleaner air (3.4 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.
Kakamega (125K) and Nakuru (628K) are 5.0x in population — Nakuru is the larger metro, Kakamega the smaller; on land area Nakuru spans roughly 3.4x more ground.
Nakuru is roughly 4.1x the scale of Kakamega
Combined population & area comparison
NakuruKakamegaCity Scale Rankings
Nakuru628K5.0xKakamega125K1xNakuru104 km²3.4xKakamega31 km²1xKakamega
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Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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