Climate
Kakuma logs 342 hot days a year to Mombasa's 129 — Mombasa wins by 213. Kakuma also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 2.
Kakuma
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Dinner outside
Mombasa
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Dinner outside
Air Quality
Kakuma averages 16.9 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Mombasa's 13.7 µg/m³ (moderate) — Mombasa breathes ~19% cleaner air (3.2 µg/m³ lower).
Kakuma
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.
Kakuma (23K) and Mombasa (1.6M) are 70x in population — Mombasa is the larger metro, Kakuma the smaller.
Mombasa is roughly 70x the scale of Kakuma
Based on population (area data unavailable for some cities)
MombasaKakumaCity Scale Rankings
Mombasa1.6M70xKakuma23K1xWho Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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