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Compare cities with official data

Eight city cards built only from official sources: what a ride costs, how long the days are, when the weather suits you, how many people visit and the facts most guides miss. Pick two cities and see them side by side on one map.

Cities so far: London, Dubai, New York, Paris, Madrid, Sydney, Toronto and Los Angeles. Every figure shows its publisher and period. Gaps are marked “Coming next”, never guessed.

Compare two citiesChoose any two cities and compare themInteractive map, the distance between them and where it is night right now

Pick a city tab or the Compare tab. The map shows both cities, the distance between them and where it is night right now. The comparison is factual: it shows the numbers side by side and never says which city is better.

The city cardsEight cities, one formatLondon, Dubai, New York, Paris, Madrid, Sydney, Toronto and Los Angeles

Each card has the same sections and the same footer, so you can read across. Open a city for its full card, its official links and its sources.

LondonEngland, United KingdomGreen, global and wettest in autumn, not winter.9.09M people live in Greater LondonOpen the London card →DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesSun almost every day, busiest on the ground at lunchtime.4.58M people live in Dubai, more than double the 2011 figureOpen the Dubai card →New YorkNew York State, United StatesFour real seasons, a flat $3 ride and 65 million visitors a year.8.58M people live in New York City, 12,196 fewer than a year earlierOpen the New York card →ParisÎle-de-France, FranceRain in every month, but the wettest one is May.2.10M people live in the city of Paris itselfOpen the Paris card →MadridCommunity of Madrid, SpainOver 11 hours of sun a day in July, and almost no rain.3.50M people live in Madrid, 30,647 fewer than a year earlierOpen the Madrid card →SydneyNew South Wales, AustraliaSummer in December, and a harbour that never drops below 18°C.5.65M people live in Greater Sydney, up 1.5% in a yearOpen the Sydney card →TorontoOntario, CanadaAlmost half its people were born abroad, and January days average -0.3°C.2.79M people live in the City of Toronto (2021 Census)Open the Toronto card →Los AngelesCalifornia, United StatesDry from May to October, and August brings no rain at all.3.87M people live in the City of Los AngelesOpen the Los Angeles card →

More from the B4A Data & AI PlaygroundMore data to exploreThe Remittance Cost Index, five visa and study stories, and the free CSV downloads

Everything else we have built from official data, in one place: an index of what it costs to send money home, stories on study visas and permits, and the files behind them to download.

B4A Remittance Cost IndexMoney & MigrationThe average cost of sending $200 on 90 money corridors, scored 0 to 100 from World Bank Q3 2025 data. Global average 6.36%.Open the index →UK study visa refusalsStudy & VisasHome Office figures for the year to June 2026: 4.9% of decisions were refused, from 18.3% for Pakistan to 0.1% for China.Read the story →EU study permits for South AsiaStudy & VisasEurostat figures for 2025: 99,932 first EU study permits went to people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, up 28%.Read the story →Schengen visa refusals by countryStudy & VisasEuropean Commission figures for 2025: 14.6% of short-stay visa decisions were refusals, from 54.5% in Bangladesh to 4.0% in China.Read the story →Same city, different outcomesStudy & VisasEuropean Commission 2025 figures: Denmark refused 78.7% of decisions in Pakistan, Germany 24.2%. Sweden refused 74.5% in Bangladesh.Read the story →Free data downloadsOpen filesThe CSV files behind our data stories, with the official source, period and licence for each. Free to reuse with the source named.Get the data →

How we build it

Official sources, shown beside every number

We use statistics offices, city governments, transport authorities, tourism boards and airports. Anything we calculate ourselves is labelled “B4A calculation”. Where an official figure is not yet published we say so rather than estimate. The cards are for general information, not travel, legal, tax or financial advice.

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For tourism boards and city partners

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Cards are built from official data, refreshed as new figures come out, and shared as short videos across the B4A Data & AI Playground channels. A presenting partner gets the top slot and its events listed first.

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