Climate
Kharkiv logs 103 frost days a year to Mykolayiv's 71 — Mykolayiv wins by 32. Mykolayiv also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 2.
Kharkiv
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Mykolayiv
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Kharkiv averages 13.8 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Mykolayiv's 12.5 µg/m³ (moderate) — Mykolayiv breathes ~10% cleaner air (1.3 µg/m³ lower).
Kharkiv
Mykolayiv
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.
Kharkiv (1.3M) and Mykolayiv (412K) are 3.1x in population — Kharkiv is the larger metro, Mykolayiv the smaller; on land area Kharkiv spans roughly 2.5x more ground.
Kharkiv is roughly 2.8x the scale of Mykolayiv
Combined population & area comparison
KharkivMykolayivCity Scale Rankings
Kharkiv1.3M3.1xMykolayiv412K1xKharkiv232 km²2.5xMykolayiv94 km²1xKharkiv
Mykolayiv
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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