Climate
Mecca logs 12 outdoor-dinner months a year to Yanbu's 2 — Mecca wins by 10. Yanbu also leads on hot days by 153.
Mecca
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Yanbu
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Dinner outside
Air Quality
Mecca averages 104.6 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Yanbu's 47 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Yanbu breathes ~55% cleaner air (57.6 µg/m³ lower).
Mecca
Yanbu
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 Yanbu (124K) are 15x in population — Mecca is the larger metro, Yanbu the smaller; on land area Mecca spans roughly 5.1x more ground.
Mecca is roughly 8.8x the scale of Yanbu
Combined population & area comparison
MeccaYanbuCity Scale Rankings
Mecca1.9M15xYanbu124K1xMecca233 km²5.1xYanbu46 km²1xMecca
Yanbu
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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