NG flag
Bonny

Nigeria

vs
NG flag
Kano

Nigeria

Climate

Bonny logs 0 outdoor-dinner months a year to Kano's 12 — Kano wins by 12. Bonny also leads on hot days by 203.

BonnyKano
Sunny days
163321
Hot days
85288
Frost days
00
Rainy days
29278
Outdoor dinner months
0/1212/12
Avg wind
3.0 m/s2.5 m/s
Sunshine hours
1,9393,124
Darkest month sun
100 hrs/mo163 hrs/mo
UV peak month
8.810.7

Bonny

Feels-like °C

33
33
33
33
32
30
28
29
29
30
32
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

Bonny averages 25.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Kano's 58.8 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Bonny breathes ~56% cleaner air (33.2 µg/m³ lower).

Bonny

Kano

25.7µg/m³
58.8µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy

WHO classification

City Scale

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

Bonny (318K) and Kano (5.1M) are 16x in population — Kano is the larger metro, Bonny the smaller; on land area Kano spans roughly 8.1x more ground.

11x

Kano is roughly 11x the scale of Bonny

Combined population & area comparison

NG flagKano
11x
NG flagBonny
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.NG flagKano5.1M16x
2.NG flagBonny318K1x
Area
1.NG flagKano419 km²8.1x
2.NG flagBonny52 km²1x
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10 km9.9 km

NG flagBonny

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29 km32 km

NG flagKano

Who Thrives Here

Kano is the stronger fit for the sunshine lover. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
BonnyKano
Thrives only in Kano
BonnyKano
Struggles in both
BonnyKano

Frequently asked about Bonny vs Kano

How does the climate compare between Bonny and Kano?
Sunny days: 163 vs 321 d — Kano higher Annual sunshine: 1,939 vs 3,124 hrs — Kano higher Winter sunshine: 100 vs 163 hrs/day — Kano higher Hot days (>30°C): 85 vs 288 d — Bonny lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 292 vs 78 d — Kano lower
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