Climate
Lamu logs 0 hot days a year to Mombasa's 129 — Lamu wins by 129. Mombasa also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 6.
Lamu
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Mombasa
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Dinner outside
Air Quality
Lamu averages 8.9 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Mombasa's 13.7 µg/m³ (moderate) — Lamu breathes ~35% cleaner air (4.8 µg/m³ lower).
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Mombasa
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.
Lamu (25K) and Mombasa (1.6M) are 64x in population — Mombasa is the larger metro, Lamu the smaller.
Mombasa is roughly 64x the scale of Lamu
Based on population (area data unavailable for some cities)
MombasaLamuCity Scale Rankings
Mombasa1.6M64xLamu25K1xWho Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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