KE flag
Mombasa

Kenya

vs
KE flag
Ukunda

Kenya

Climate

Mombasa logs 129 hot days a year to Ukunda's 173 — Mombasa wins by 44. Ukunda also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 2.

MombasaUkunda
Sunny days
332327
Hot days
129173
Frost days
00
Rainy days
207222
Outdoor dinner months
10/1212/12
Avg wind
5.1 m/s4.1 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,2183,142
Darkest month sun
206 hrs/mo198 hrs/mo
UV peak month
11.612.0

Mombasa

Feels-like °C

32
33
33
29
28
25
25
26
27
29
31
32

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Ukunda

Feels-like °C

32
33
33
29
27
25
24
26
27
30
31
32

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Mombasa averages 13.7 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Ukunda's 10.5 µg/m³ (moderate) — Ukunda breathes ~24% cleaner air (3.3 µg/m³ lower).

Mombasa

Ukunda

13.7µg/m³
10.5µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Moderate
Moderate

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 Ukunda (61K) are 26x in population — Mombasa is the larger metro, Ukunda the smaller; on land area Mombasa spans roughly 15x more ground.

20x

Mombasa is roughly 20x the scale of Ukunda

Combined population & area comparison

KE flagMombasa
20x
KE flagUkunda
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.KE flagMombasa1.6M26x
2.KE flagUkunda61K1x
Area
1.KE flagMombasa181 km²15x
2.KE flagUkunda12 km²1x
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22 km20 km

KE flagMombasa

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3.4 km5.4 km

KE flagUkunda

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
MombasaUkunda

Frequently asked about Mombasa vs Ukunda

How does the climate compare between Mombasa and Ukunda?
Sunny days: 332 vs 327 d — Similar Annual sunshine: 3,218 vs 3,142 hrs — Similar Winter sunshine: 206 vs 198 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 129 vs 173 d — Mombasa lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 207 vs 222 d — Mombasa lower
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