Climate
Calabar logs 0 outdoor-dinner months a year to Kano's 12 — Kano wins by 12. Kano also leads on sunny days by 182.
Calabar
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Kano
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Air Quality
Calabar averages 41.1 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Kano's 58.8 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Calabar breathes ~30% cleaner air (17.8 µg/m³ lower).
Calabar
Kano
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Calabar (664K) and Kano (5.1M) are 7.7x in population — Kano is the larger metro, Calabar the smaller; on land area Kano spans roughly 4.0x more ground.
Kano is roughly 5.6x the scale of Calabar
Combined population & area comparison
KanoCalabarCity Scale Rankings
Kano5.1M7.7xCalabar664K1xKano419 km²4.0xCalabar104 km²1xCalabar
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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