Climate
Mombasa logs 129 hot days a year to Watamu's 149 — Mombasa wins by 20. Watamu also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.
Mombasa
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Dinner outside
Watamu
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Air Quality
Mombasa averages 13.7 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Watamu's 8.7 µg/m³ (good) — Watamu breathes ~37% cleaner air (5.0 µg/m³ lower).
Mombasa
Watamu
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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 Watamu (28K) are 58x in population — Mombasa is the larger metro, Watamu the smaller.
Mombasa is roughly 58x the scale of Watamu
Based on population (area data unavailable for some cities)
MombasaWatamuCity Scale Rankings
Mombasa1.6M58xWatamu28K1xWho Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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