Climate
Okayama logs 17 frost days a year to Osaka's 6 — Osaka wins by 11. Okayama also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.
Okayama
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Osaka
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Cost of Living
Osaka averages $1,671/mo for balanced living; Okayama has no cost baseline yet.
Osaka
$1,671monthly · balanced
Mobility
Osaka scores 3.8 on mobility (0–5 scale); Okayama has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Osaka's culture score of 4.0 sits well above Okayama's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Osaka scores 3.8 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Okayama has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Osaka scores 5.0 on safety (0–5 scale); Okayama has no safety baseline.
Career
Osaka scores 4.1 on career (0–5 scale); Okayama has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Osaka scores 2.6 on social & community (0–5 scale); Okayama has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Osaka scores 3.2 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Okayama has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Osaka scores 3.5 on family (0–5 scale); Okayama has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Osaka scores 3.4 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Okayama has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Okayama averages 13.4 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Osaka's 13.9 µg/m³ (moderate) — Okayama breathes ~3% cleaner air (0.4 µg/m³ lower).
Okayama
Osaka
PM2.5 annual average
WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Okayama (847K) and Osaka (12.7M) are 15x in population — Osaka is the larger metro, Okayama the smaller; on land area Osaka spans roughly 6.2x more ground.
Osaka is roughly 9.6x the scale of Okayama
Combined population & area comparison
City Scale Rankings
Okayama
Osaka
Who Thrives Here
Osaka is the stronger fit for the big city energy. Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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