Climate
Benin City logs 1 outdoor-dinner months a year to Kano's 12 — Kano wins by 11. Kano also leads on sunny days by 166.
Benin City
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Kano
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Air Quality
Benin City averages 54.4 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Kano's 58.8 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Benin City breathes ~8% cleaner air (4.5 µg/m³ lower).
Benin City
Kano
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WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Benin City (1.9M) and Kano (5.1M) are 2.7x in population — Kano is the larger metro, Benin City the smaller.
Kano is roughly 1.7x the scale of Benin City
Combined population & area comparison
KanoBenin CityCity Scale Rankings
Kano5.1M2.7xBenin City1.9M1xKano419 km²1.1xBenin City386 km²1xBenin City
Kano
Who Thrives Here
Kano is the stronger fit for the sunshine lover. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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