Climate
Mombasa logs 332 sunny days a year to Nanyuki's 310 — Mombasa wins by 22. Mombasa also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 10.
Mombasa
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Nanyuki
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Air Quality
Mombasa averages 13.7 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Nanyuki's 18.1 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Mombasa breathes ~24% cleaner air (4.4 µg/m³ lower).
Mombasa
Nanyuki
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WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Mombasa (1.6M) and Nanyuki (73K) are 22x in population — Mombasa is the larger metro, Nanyuki the smaller.
Mombasa is roughly 22x the scale of Nanyuki
Based on population (area data unavailable for some cities)
MombasaNanyukiCity Scale Rankings
Mombasa1.6M22xNanyuki73K1xWho Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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