Climate
Bauchi logs 235 hot days a year to Lagos's 160 — Lagos wins by 75. Bauchi also leads on sunny days by 86.
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Air Quality
Bauchi averages 56.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Lagos's 32.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Lagos breathes ~42% cleaner air (23.5 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.
Bauchi (636K) and Lagos (12.8M) are 20x in population — Lagos is the larger metro, Bauchi the smaller; on land area Lagos spans roughly 11x more ground.
Lagos is roughly 15x the scale of Bauchi
Combined population & area comparison
LagosBauchiCity Scale Rankings
Lagos12.8M20xBauchi636K1xLagos1,199 km²11xBauchi107 km²1xBauchi
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Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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