Climate
Bauchi logs 9 outdoor-dinner months a year to Kano's 12 — Kano wins by 3. Bauchi also leads on hot days by 53.
Bauchi
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Kano
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Bauchi averages 56.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Kano's 58.8 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Bauchi breathes ~4% cleaner air (2.6 µg/m³ lower).
Bauchi
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.
Bauchi (636K) and Kano (5.1M) are 8.0x in population — Kano is the larger metro, Bauchi the smaller; on land area Kano spans roughly 3.9x more ground.
Kano is roughly 5.6x the scale of Bauchi
Combined population & area comparison
KanoBauchiCity Scale Rankings
Kano5.1M8.0xBauchi636K1xKano419 km²3.9xBauchi107 km²1xBauchi
Kano
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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