Climate
Calabar logs 250 hot days a year to Lagos's 160 — Lagos wins by 90. Lagos also leads on sunny days by 83.
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Air Quality
Calabar averages 41.1 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Lagos's 32.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Lagos breathes ~20% cleaner air (8.3 µg/m³ lower).
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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 Lagos (12.8M) are 19x in population — Lagos is the larger metro, Calabar the smaller; on land area Lagos spans roughly 12x more ground.
Lagos is roughly 15x the scale of Calabar
Combined population & area comparison
LagosCalabarCity Scale Rankings
Lagos12.8M19xCalabar664K1xLagos1,199 km²12xCalabar104 km²1xCalabar
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Who Thrives Here
Lagos is the stronger fit for the sunshine lover. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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