Climate
Lahore logs 215 hot days a year to Quetta's 103 — Quetta wins by 112. Lahore also leads on frost days by 34.
Lahore
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Quetta
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Air Quality
Lahore averages 80.1 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Quetta's 34.9 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Quetta breathes ~56% cleaner air (45.1 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 Quetta (969K) are 15x in population — Lahore is the larger metro, Quetta the smaller; on land area Lahore spans roughly 5.9x more ground.
Lahore is roughly 9.4x the scale of Quetta
Combined population & area comparison
LahoreQuettaCity Scale Rankings
Lahore14.3M15xQuetta969K1xLahore898 km²5.9xQuetta151 km²1xLahore
Quetta
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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