ID flag
Maumere

Indonesia

vs
ID flag
Surabaya

Indonesia

Climate

Maumere logs 1 hot days a year to Surabaya's 347 — Maumere wins by 346. Maumere also leads on sunny days by 49.

MaumereSurabaya
Sunny days
305256
Hot days
1347
Frost days
00
Rainy days
162221
Outdoor dinner months
8/120/12
Avg wind
2.3 m/s1.9 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,0572,719
Darkest month sun
173 hrs/mo141 hrs/mo
UV peak month
12.511.9

Maumere

Feels-like °C

31
30
32
33
33
32
31
32
33
34
34
32

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Surabaya

Feels-like °C

31
31
32
34
34
33
32
33
34
34
34
31

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Maumere averages 10.9 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Surabaya's 33.5 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Maumere breathes ~68% cleaner air (22.6 µg/m³ lower).

Maumere

Surabaya

10.9µg/m³
33.5µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Moderate
Unhealthy

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Maumere (164K) and Surabaya (6.9M) are 42x in population — Surabaya is the larger metro, Maumere the smaller; on land area Surabaya spans roughly 59x more ground.

50x

Surabaya is roughly 50x the scale of Maumere

Combined population & area comparison

ID flagSurabaya
50x
ID flagMaumere
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.ID flagSurabaya6.9M42x
2.ID flagMaumere164K1x
Area
1.ID flagSurabaya1,304 km²59x
2.ID flagMaumere22 km²1x
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8.8 km6.3 km

ID flagMaumere

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53 km63 km

ID flagSurabaya

Who Thrives Here

Maumere is the stronger fit for the clean air seeker. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
MaumereSurabaya
Thrives only in Maumere
MaumereSurabaya

Frequently asked about Maumere vs Surabaya

How does the climate compare between Maumere and Surabaya?
Sunny days: 305 vs 256 d — Maumere higher Annual sunshine: 3,057 vs 2,719 hrs — Maumere higher Winter sunshine: 173 vs 141 hrs/day — Maumere higher Hot days (>30°C): 1 vs 347 d — Maumere lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 162 vs 221 d — Maumere lower
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