NG flag
Bida

Nigeria

vs
NG flag
Kano

Nigeria

Climate

Bida logs 339 hot days a year to Kano's 288 — Kano wins by 51. Kano also leads on sunny days by 47.

BidaKano
Sunny days
274321
Hot days
339288
Frost days
00
Rainy days
9278
Outdoor dinner months
11/1212/12
Avg wind
1.5 m/s2.5 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,8013,124
Darkest month sun
155 hrs/mo163 hrs/mo
UV peak month
9.910.7

Bida

Feels-like °C

33
34
39
39
38
34
32
31
33
34
35
33

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Kano

Feels-like °C

24
26
32
37
37
35
30
28
33
32
28
24

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Bida averages 42.9 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Kano's 58.8 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Bida breathes ~27% cleaner air (15.9 µg/m³ lower).

Bida

Kano

42.9µg/m³
58.8µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Very Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Bida (413K) and Kano (5.1M) are 12x in population — Kano is the larger metro, Bida the smaller; on land area Kano spans roughly 10.0x more ground.

11x

Kano is roughly 11x the scale of Bida

Combined population & area comparison

NG flagKano
11x
NG flagBida
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.NG flagKano5.1M12x
2.NG flagBida413K1x
Area
1.NG flagKano419 km²10.0x
2.NG flagBida42 km²1x
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7.8 km8.1 km

NG flagBida

© Stadia Maps, © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors
29 km32 km

NG flagKano

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
BidaKano
Struggles in both
BidaKano

Frequently asked about Bida vs Kano

How does the climate compare between Bida and Kano?
Sunny days: 274 vs 321 d — Kano higher Annual sunshine: 2,801 vs 3,124 hrs — Kano higher Winter sunshine: 155 vs 163 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 339 vs 288 d — Kano lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 92 vs 78 d — Kano lower
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