Climate
Ar Ruways logs 246 hot days a year to Sharjah's 255 — Ar Ruways wins by 9. Sharjah also leads on sunny days by 1.
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Sharjah
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Air Quality
Ar Ruways averages 40.2 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Sharjah's 48.0 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Ar Ruways breathes ~16% cleaner air (7.7 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.
Ar Ruways (54K) and Sharjah (4.6M) are 85x in population — Sharjah is the larger metro, Ar Ruways the smaller; on land area Sharjah spans roughly 39x more ground.
Sharjah is roughly 57x the scale of Ar Ruways
Combined population & area comparison
SharjahAr RuwaysCity Scale Rankings
Sharjah4.6M85xAr Ruways54K1xSharjah854 km²39xAr Ruways22 km²1xAr Ruways
Sharjah
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.
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