Climate
Surabaya logs 256 sunny days a year to Tual's 234 — Surabaya wins by 22. Surabaya and Tual match on outdoor-dinner months (0 vs 0).
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Air Quality
Surabaya averages 33.5 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Tual's 6.0 µg/m³ (good) — Tual breathes ~82% cleaner air (27.6 µg/m³ lower).
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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.
Surabaya (6.9M) and Tual (106K) are 65x in population — Surabaya is the larger metro, Tual the smaller; on land area Surabaya spans roughly 47x more ground.
Surabaya is roughly 55x the scale of Tual
Combined population & area comparison
City Scale Rankings
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Who Thrives Here
Tual is the stronger fit for the clean air seeker. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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