Climate
Abuja logs 9 outdoor-dinner months a year to Kano's 12 — Kano wins by 3. Kano also leads on sunny days by 75.
Abuja
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Kano
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Abuja averages 55.0 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Kano's 58.8 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Abuja breathes ~6% cleaner air (3.8 µg/m³ lower).
Abuja
Kano
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.
Abuja (1.3M) and Kano (5.1M) are 3.9x in population — Kano is the larger metro, Abuja the smaller; on land area Kano spans roughly 1.3x more ground.
Kano is roughly 2.3x the scale of Abuja
Combined population & area comparison
KanoAbujaCity Scale Rankings
Kano5.1M3.9xAbuja1.3M1xKano419 km²1.3xAbuja319 km²1xAbuja
Kano
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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