NG flag
Enugu

Nigeria

vs
NG flag
Kano

Nigeria

Climate

Enugu logs 6 outdoor-dinner months a year to Kano's 12 — Kano wins by 6. Kano also leads on sunny days by 134.

EnuguKano
Sunny days
187321
Hot days
292288
Frost days
00
Rainy days
17878
Outdoor dinner months
6/1212/12
Avg wind
1.8 m/s2.5 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,1923,124
Darkest month sun
117 hrs/mo163 hrs/mo
UV peak month
9.010.7

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

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

Enugu averages 36.7 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Kano's 58.8 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Enugu breathes ~38% cleaner air (22.2 µg/m³ lower).

Enugu

Kano

36.7µg/m³
58.8µg/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 Kano (5.1M) are 4.7x in population — Kano is the larger metro, Enugu the smaller; on land area Kano spans roughly 2.5x more ground.

3.5x

Kano is roughly 3.5x the scale of Enugu

Combined population & area comparison

NG flagKano
3.5x
NG flagEnugu
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.NG flagKano5.1M4.7x
2.NG flagEnugu1.1M1x
Area
1.NG flagKano419 km²2.5x
2.NG flagEnugu165 km²1x
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18 km20 km

NG flagEnugu

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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
EnuguKano
Thrives only in Kano
EnuguKano
Struggles in both
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Frequently asked about Enugu vs Kano

How does the climate compare between Enugu and Kano?
Sunny days: 187 vs 321 d — Kano higher Annual sunshine: 2,192 vs 3,124 hrs — Kano higher Winter sunshine: 117 vs 163 hrs/day — Kano higher Hot days (>30°C): 292 vs 288 d — Similar Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 178 vs 78 d — Kano lower
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