Climate
Lodwar logs 355 hot days a year to Mombasa's 129 — Mombasa wins by 226. Lodwar also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 2.
Lodwar
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Mombasa
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Lodwar averages 16.4 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Mombasa's 13.7 µg/m³ (moderate) — Mombasa breathes ~16% cleaner air (2.7 µg/m³ lower).
Lodwar
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.
Lodwar (68K) and Mombasa (1.6M) are 24x in population — Mombasa is the larger metro, Lodwar the smaller; on land area Mombasa spans roughly 9.1x more ground.
Mombasa is roughly 15x the scale of Lodwar
Combined population & area comparison
MombasaLodwarCity Scale Rankings
Mombasa1.6M24xLodwar68K1xMombasa181 km²9.1xLodwar20 km²1xLodwar
Mombasa
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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