NG flag
Bonny

Nigeria

vs
NG flag
Lagos

Nigeria

Climate

Bonny logs 85 hot days a year to Lagos's 160 — Bonny wins by 75. Lagos also leads on sunny days by 59.

BonnyLagos
Sunny days
163222
Hot days
85160
Frost days
00
Rainy days
292224
Outdoor dinner months
0/120/12
Avg wind
3.0 m/s3.3 m/s
Sunshine hours
1,9392,311
Darkest month sun
100 hrs/mo122 hrs/mo
UV peak month
8.88.6

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

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

Bonny averages 25.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Lagos's 32.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Bonny breathes ~22% cleaner air (7.1 µg/m³ lower).

Bonny

Lagos

25.7µg/m³
32.7µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Unhealthy
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 Lagos (12.8M) are 40x in population — Lagos is the larger metro, Bonny the smaller; on land area Lagos spans roughly 23x more ground.

31x

Lagos is roughly 31x the scale of Bonny

Combined population & area comparison

NG flagLagos
31x
NG flagBonny
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.NG flagLagos12.8M40x
2.NG flagBonny318K1x
Area
1.NG flagLagos1,199 km²23x
2.NG flagBonny52 km²1x
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10 km9.9 km

NG flagBonny

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64 km51 km

NG flagLagos

Who Thrives Here

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

Thrives in both
BonnyLagos
Thrives only in Lagos
BonnyLagos
Struggles in both
BonnyLagos

Frequently asked about Bonny vs Lagos

How does the climate compare between Bonny and Lagos?
Sunny days: 163 vs 222 d — Lagos higher Annual sunshine: 1,939 vs 2,311 hrs — Lagos higher Winter sunshine: 100 vs 122 hrs/day — Lagos higher Hot days (>30°C): 85 vs 160 d — Bonny lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 292 vs 224 d — Lagos lower
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