Climate
Niš logs 37 hot days a year to Pirot's 16 — Pirot wins by 21. Niš also leads on frost days by 30.
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Air Quality
Niš averages 16.4 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Pirot's 14.9 µg/m³ (moderate) — Pirot breathes ~9% cleaner air (1.6 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.
Niš (219K) and Pirot (41K) are 5.4x in population — Niš is the larger metro, Pirot the smaller.
Niš is roughly 5.4x the scale of Pirot
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City Scale Rankings
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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