Climate
Lahore logs 215 hot days a year to Peshawar's 175 — Peshawar wins by 40. Lahore also leads on sunny days by 16.
Lahore
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Peshawar
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Air Quality
Lahore averages 80.1 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Peshawar's 78.1 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Peshawar breathes ~2% cleaner air (1.9 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.
Lahore (14.3M) and Peshawar (3.5M) are 4.1x in population — Lahore is the larger metro, Peshawar the smaller; on land area Lahore spans roughly 1.8x more ground.
Lahore is roughly 2.7x the scale of Peshawar
Combined population & area comparison
LahorePeshawarCity Scale Rankings
Lahore14.3M4.1xPeshawar3.5M1xLahore898 km²1.8xPeshawar508 km²1xLahore
Peshawar
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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