Climate
Linz logs 149 sunny days a year to Wels's 144 — Linz wins by 5. Linz also leads on frost days by 1.
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Air Quality
Linz averages 10.4 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Wels's 10.0 µg/m³ (moderate) — Wels breathes ~3% cleaner air (0.3 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.
Linz (243K) and Wels (54K) are 4.5x in population — Linz is the larger metro, Wels the smaller; on land area Linz spans roughly 3.2x more ground.
Linz is roughly 3.8x the scale of Wels
Combined population & area comparison
LinzWelsCity Scale Rankings
Linz243K4.5xWels54K1xLinz67 km²3.2xWels21 km²1xLinz
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Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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