Climate
Mecca logs 320 hot days a year to Şāmitah's 339 — Mecca wins by 19. Mecca also leads on sunny days by 16.
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Air Quality
Mecca averages 104.6 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Şāmitah's 44.2 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Şāmitah breathes ~58% cleaner air (60.4 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 Şāmitah (65K) are 29x in population — Mecca is the larger metro, Şāmitah the smaller; on land area Mecca spans roughly 21x more ground.
Mecca is roughly 25x the scale of Şāmitah
Combined population & area comparison
MeccaŞāmitahCity Scale Rankings
Mecca1.9M29xŞāmitah65K1xMecca233 km²21xŞāmitah11 km²1xMecca
Şāmitah
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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