Climate
Abuja logs 249 hot days a year to Lagos's 160 — Lagos wins by 89. Abuja also leads on sunny days by 24.
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Air Quality
Abuja averages 55.0 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Lagos's 32.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Lagos breathes ~40% cleaner air (22.3 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.
Abuja (1.3M) and Lagos (12.8M) are 9.7x in population — Lagos is the larger metro, Abuja the smaller; on land area Lagos spans roughly 3.8x more ground.
Lagos is roughly 6.0x the scale of Abuja
Combined population & area comparison
LagosAbujaCity Scale Rankings
Lagos12.8M9.7xAbuja1.3M1xLagos1,199 km²3.8xAbuja319 km²1xAbuja
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Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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