Climate
Katowice logs 11 hot days a year to Łódź's 8 — Łódź wins by 3. Katowice also leads on sunny days by 10.
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Air Quality
Katowice averages 18.5 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Łódź's 15.2 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Łódź breathes ~18% cleaner air (3.3 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.
Katowice (879K) and Łódź (583K) are 1.5x in population — Katowice is the larger metro, Łódź the smaller; on land area Katowice spans roughly 1.9x more ground.
Katowice is roughly 1.7x the scale of Łódź
Combined population & area comparison
KatowiceŁódźCity Scale Rankings
Katowice879K1.5xŁódź583K1xKatowice265 km²1.9xŁódź136 km²1xKatowice
Łódź
Who Thrives Here
Łódź is the stronger fit for the clean air seeker.
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