Climate
Niš logs 37 hot days a year to Novi Pazar's 17 — Novi Pazar wins by 20. Niš also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.
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Dinner outside
Novi Pazar
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Air Quality
Niš averages 16.4 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Novi Pazar's 16.9 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Niš breathes ~3% cleaner air (0.4 µg/m³ lower).
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Novi Pazar
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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.
Niš (219K) and Novi Pazar (93K) are 2.4x in population — Niš is the larger metro, Novi Pazar the smaller; on land area Niš spans roughly 2.1x more ground.
Niš is roughly 2.2x the scale of Novi Pazar
Combined population & area comparison
NišNovi PazarCity Scale Rankings
Niš219K2.4xNovi Pazar93K1xNiš43 km²2.1xNovi Pazar20 km²1xNiš
Novi Pazar
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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