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ID flag
Surabaya

Indonesia

vs
ID flag
Tondano

Indonesia

Climate

Surabaya logs 0 outdoor-dinner months a year to Tondano's 7 — Tondano wins by 7. Surabaya also leads on sunny days by 21.

SurabayaTondano
Sunny days
256235
Hot days
3470
Frost days
00
Rain days
221315
Outdoor dinner months
0/127/12
Avg wind
1.9 m/s2.2 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,7192,455
Darkest month sun
141 hrs/mo178 hrs/mo
UV peak month
11.911.6

Surabaya

Feels-like °C

31
31
32
34
34
33
32
33
34
34
34
31

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Surabaya Climate Lab →Lifestyle Calendar →Climate twin →

Tondano

Feels-like °C

30
30
30
32
32
31
30
31
31
32
31
30

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Tondano Climate Lab →Lifestyle Calendar →Climate twin →

Air Quality

Surabaya averages 33.5 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Tondano's 10.9 µg/m³ (moderate) — Tondano breathes ~67% cleaner air (22.6 µg/m³ lower).

Surabaya

Tondano

33.5µg/m³
10.9µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Unhealthy
Moderate

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Surabaya (6.9M) and Tondano (77K) are 89x in population — Surabaya is the larger metro, Tondano the smaller; on land area Surabaya spans roughly 87x more ground.

88x

Surabaya is roughly 88x the scale of Tondano

Combined population & area comparison

ID flagSurabaya
88x
ID flagTondano
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.ID flagSurabaya6.9M89x
2.ID flagTondano77K1x
Area
1.ID flagSurabaya1,304 km²87x
2.ID flagTondano15 km²1x
© Stadia Maps, © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors
53 km63 km

ID flagSurabaya

© Stadia Maps, © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors
6.8 km5.4 km

ID flagTondano

Who Thrives Here

Tondano is the stronger fit for the clean air seeker. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
SurabayaTondano
Winter Escapist
99%100%
Eternal Summer
82%89%
Sunshine Lover
59%59%
Thrives only in Tondano
SurabayaTondano
Clean Air Seeker
15%79%

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Frequently asked about Surabaya vs Tondano

▶How does the climate compare between Surabaya and Tondano?
Sunny days: 256 vs 235 d — Surabaya higher Annual sunshine: 2,719 vs 2,455 hrs — Surabaya higher Winter sunshine: 141 vs 178 hrs/day — Tondano higher Hot days (>30°C): 347 vs 0 d — Tondano lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 221 vs 315 d — Surabaya lower
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