Climate
Karachi logs 0 frost days a year to Quetta's 34 — Karachi wins by 34. Quetta also leads on hot days by 74.
Karachi
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Quetta
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Air Quality
Karachi averages 63.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Quetta's 34.9 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Quetta breathes ~45% cleaner air (28.4 µg/m³ lower).
Karachi
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Karachi (21.0M) and Quetta (969K) are 22x in population — Karachi is the larger metro, Quetta the smaller; on land area Karachi spans roughly 5.5x more ground.
Karachi is roughly 11x the scale of Quetta
Combined population & area comparison
KarachiQuettaCity Scale Rankings
Karachi21.0M22xQuetta969K1xKarachi834 km²5.5xQuetta151 km²1xKarachi
Quetta
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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