BD flag
Khulna

Bangladesh

vs
BD flag
Rājshāhi

Bangladesh

Climate

Khulna logs 5 outdoor-dinner months a year to Rājshāhi's 4 — Khulna wins by 1. Khulna also leads on hot days by 9.

KhulnaRājshāhi
Sunny days
235233
Hot days
236245
Frost days
00
Rainy days
157144
Outdoor dinner months
5/124/12
Avg wind
2.4 m/s2.3 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,4242,490
Darkest month sun
107 hrs/mo130 hrs/mo
UV peak month
7.87.6

Khulna

Feels-like °C

23
27
32
36
34
32
32
32
32
32
28
24

Dinner outside

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

Rājshāhi

Feels-like °C

23
25
31
35
35
35
34
33
33
32
28
24

Dinner outside

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

Air Quality

Khulna averages 68.4 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Rājshāhi's 67.4 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Rājshāhi breathes ~1% cleaner air (0.9 µg/m³ lower).

Khulna

Rājshāhi

68.4µg/m³
67.4µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Very Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy

WHO classification

City Scale

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

Khulna (1.1M) and Rājshāhi (806K) are 1.3x in population — Khulna is the larger metro, Rājshāhi the smaller.

~1x

These cities are similar in overall scale

Combined population & area comparison

BD flagKhulna
1.1x
BD flagRājshāhi
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.BD flagKhulna1.1M1.3x
2.BD flagRājshāhi806K1x
Area
1.BD flagRājshāhi139 km²1.1x
2.BD flagKhulna126 km²1x
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14 km19 km

BD flagKhulna

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21 km17 km

BD flagRājshāhi

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
KhulnaRājshāhi
Struggles in both
KhulnaRājshāhi

Frequently asked about Khulna vs Rājshāhi

How does the climate compare between Khulna and Rājshāhi?
Sunny days: 235 vs 233 d — Similar Annual sunshine: 2,424 vs 2,490 hrs — Similar Winter sunshine: 107 vs 130 hrs/day — Rājshāhi higher Hot days (>30°C): 236 vs 245 d — Khulna lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 157 vs 144 d — Rājshāhi lower
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