Climate
Kakamega logs 292 sunny days a year to Thika's 256 — Kakamega wins by 36. Kakamega also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 12.
Kakamega
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Thika
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Dinner outside
Air Quality
Kakamega averages 23.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Thika's 23.0 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Thika breathes ~1% cleaner air (0.3 µg/m³ lower).
Kakamega
Thika
PM2.5 annual average
WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Kakamega (125K) and Thika (125K) sit at a similar population scale.
These cities are similar in overall scale
Combined population & area comparison
ThikaKakamegaCity Scale Rankings
Kakamega125K1xThika125K1xThika34 km²1.1xKakamega31 km²1xKakamega
Thika
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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