Climate
Mecca logs 12 outdoor-dinner months a year to Sakakah's 6 — Mecca wins by 6. Mecca also leads on frost days by 1.
Mecca
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Dinner outside
Sakakah
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Air Quality
Mecca averages 104.6 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Sakakah's 32.6 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Sakakah breathes ~69% cleaner air (72.0 µg/m³ lower).
Mecca
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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 Sakakah (117K) are 16x in population — Mecca is the larger metro, Sakakah the smaller; on land area Mecca spans roughly 5.7x more ground.
Mecca is roughly 9.5x the scale of Sakakah
Combined population & area comparison
MeccaSakakahCity Scale Rankings
Mecca1.9M16xSakakah117K1xMecca233 km²5.7xSakakah41 km²1xMecca
Sakakah
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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