NG flag
Enugu

Nigeria

vs
NG flag
Ibadan

Nigeria

Climate

Enugu logs 6 outdoor-dinner months a year to Ibadan's 12 — Ibadan wins by 6. Ibadan also leads on hot days by 37.

EnuguIbadan
Sunny days
187184
Hot days
292255
Frost days
00
Rainy days
178175
Outdoor dinner months
6/1212/12
Avg wind
1.8 m/s1.9 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,1922,134
Darkest month sun
117 hrs/mo104 hrs/mo
UV peak month
9.08.8

Enugu

Feels-like °C

33
35
33
33
32
30
28
28
29
30
34
34

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Ibadan

Feels-like °C

34
35
33
32
32
29
28
28
29
30
33
33

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Enugu averages 36.7 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Ibadan's 42.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Enugu breathes ~13% cleaner air (5.6 µg/m³ lower).

Enugu

Ibadan

36.7µg/m³
42.3µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Very Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy

WHO classification

City Scale

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

Enugu (1.1M) and Ibadan (4.0M) are 3.7x in population — Ibadan is the larger metro, Enugu the smaller; on land area Ibadan spans roughly 3.5x more ground.

3.6x

Ibadan is roughly 3.6x the scale of Enugu

Combined population & area comparison

NG flagIbadan
3.6x
NG flagEnugu
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.NG flagIbadan4.0M3.7x
2.NG flagEnugu1.1M1x
Area
1.NG flagIbadan574 km²3.5x
2.NG flagEnugu165 km²1x
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18 km20 km

NG flagEnugu

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31 km31 km

NG flagIbadan

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
EnuguIbadan
Struggles in both
EnuguIbadan

Frequently asked about Enugu vs Ibadan

How does the climate compare between Enugu and Ibadan?
Sunny days: 187 vs 184 d — Similar Annual sunshine: 2,192 vs 2,134 hrs — Similar Winter sunshine: 117 vs 104 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 292 vs 255 d — Ibadan lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 178 vs 175 d — Similar
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