Climate
New Territories logs 109 hot days a year to Tai Po's 105 — Tai Po wins by 4. Tai Po also leads on sunny days by 6.
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Air Quality
New Territories averages 15.7 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Tai Po's 15.8 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — New Territories breathes ~1% cleaner air (0.1 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.
New Territories (4.0M) and Tai Po (280K) are 14x in population — New Territories is the larger metro, Tai Po the smaller.
New Territories is roughly 14x the scale of Tai Po
Based on population (area data unavailable for some cities)
New TerritoriesTai PoCity Scale Rankings
New Territories4.0M14xTai Po280K1xWho Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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