Climate
Mecca logs 320 hot days a year to Şabyā's 350 — Mecca wins by 30. Mecca also leads on sunny days by 13.
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Air Quality
Mecca averages 104.6 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Şabyā's 48.1 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Şabyā breathes ~54% cleaner air (56.5 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.
Mecca (1.9M) and Şabyā (65K) are 29x in population — Mecca is the larger metro, Şabyā the smaller; on land area Mecca spans roughly 21x more ground.
Mecca is roughly 25x the scale of Şabyā
Combined population & area comparison
MeccaŞabyāCity Scale Rankings
Mecca1.9M29xŞabyā65K1xMecca233 km²21xŞabyā11 km²1xMecca
Şabyā
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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