AE flag
Khawr Fakkān

United Arab Emirates

vs
AE flag
Sharjah

United Arab Emirates

Climate

Khawr Fakkān logs 9 outdoor-dinner months a year to Sharjah's 7 — Khawr Fakkān wins by 2. Khawr Fakkān also leads on hot days by 62.

Khawr FakkānSharjah
Sunny days
351346
Hot days
193255
Frost days
00
Rainy days
97
Outdoor dinner months
9/127/12
Avg wind
2.7 m/s3.6 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,4343,371
Darkest month sun
246 hrs/mo227 hrs/mo
UV peak month
10.410.6

Khawr Fakkān

Feels-like °C

20
23
27
33
38
41
41
40
38
33
29
23

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Sharjah

Feels-like °C

20
23
27
33
38
42
44
43
40
35
30
24

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Khawr Fakkān averages 26.6 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Sharjah's 48.0 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Khawr Fakkān breathes ~45% cleaner air (21.4 µg/m³ lower).

Khawr Fakkān

Sharjah

26.6µg/m³
48.0µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Khawr Fakkān (61K) and Sharjah (4.6M) are 75x in population — Sharjah is the larger metro, Khawr Fakkān the smaller; on land area Sharjah spans roughly 71x more ground.

73x

Sharjah is roughly 73x the scale of Khawr Fakkān

Combined population & area comparison

AE flagSharjah
73x
AE flagKhawr Fakkān
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.AE flagSharjah4.6M75x
2.AE flagKhawr Fakkān61K1x
Area
1.AE flagSharjah854 km²71x
2.AE flagKhawr Fakkān12 km²1x
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3.2 km6.6 km

AE flagKhawr Fakkān

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56 km58 km

AE flagSharjah

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.

Thrives in both
Khawr FakkānSharjah
Struggles in both
Khawr FakkānSharjah

Frequently asked about Khawr Fakkān vs Sharjah

How does the climate compare between Khawr Fakkān and Sharjah?
Sunny days: 351 vs 346 d — Similar Annual sunshine: 3,434 vs 3,371 hrs — Similar Winter sunshine: 246 vs 227 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 193 vs 255 d — Khawr Fakkān lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 9 vs 7 d — Similar
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