Climate
Mecca logs 12 outdoor-dinner months a year to Şafwá's 6 — Mecca wins by 6. Şafwá also leads on hot days by 136.
Mecca
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Şafwá
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Mecca averages 104.6 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Şafwá's 87.6 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Şafwá breathes ~16% cleaner air (17.0 µg/m³ lower).
Mecca
Şafwá
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.
Mecca (1.9M) and Şafwá (57K) are 33x in population — Mecca is the larger metro, Şafwá the smaller; on land area Mecca spans roughly 23x more ground.
Mecca is roughly 28x the scale of Şafwá
Combined population & area comparison
MeccaŞafwáCity Scale Rankings
Mecca1.9M33xŞafwá57K1xMecca233 km²23xŞafwá10 km²1xMecca
Şafwá
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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