NG flag
Bida

Nigeria

vs
NG flag
Lagos

Nigeria

Climate

Bida logs 339 hot days a year to Lagos's 160 — Lagos wins by 179. Bida also leads on sunny days by 52.

BidaLagos
Sunny days
274222
Hot days
339160
Frost days
00
Rainy days
92224
Outdoor dinner months
11/120/12
Avg wind
1.5 m/s3.3 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,8012,311
Darkest month sun
155 hrs/mo122 hrs/mo
UV peak month
9.98.6

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

Lagos

Feels-like °C

33
34
33
33
33
30
29
28
30
31
33
33

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 Lagos's 32.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Lagos breathes ~24% cleaner air (10.2 µg/m³ lower).

Bida

Lagos

42.9µg/m³
32.7µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Very Unhealthy
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 Lagos (12.8M) are 31x in population — Lagos is the larger metro, Bida the smaller; on land area Lagos spans roughly 29x more ground.

30x

Lagos is roughly 30x the scale of Bida

Combined population & area comparison

NG flagLagos
30x
NG flagBida
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.NG flagLagos12.8M31x
2.NG flagBida413K1x
Area
1.NG flagLagos1,199 km²29x
2.NG flagBida42 km²1x
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7.8 km8.1 km

NG flagBida

© Stadia Maps, © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors
64 km51 km

NG flagLagos

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
BidaLagos
Struggles in both
BidaLagos

Frequently asked about Bida vs Lagos

How does the climate compare between Bida and Lagos?
Sunny days: 274 vs 222 d — Bida higher Annual sunshine: 2,801 vs 2,311 hrs — Bida higher Winter sunshine: 155 vs 122 hrs/day — Bida higher Hot days (>30°C): 339 vs 160 d — Lagos lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 92 vs 224 d — Bida lower
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