Climate
Ibadan logs 255 hot days a year to Onitsha's 304 — Ibadan wins by 49. Ibadan also leads on sunny days by 5.
Ibadan
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Onitsha
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Air Quality
Ibadan averages 42.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Onitsha's 49.5 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Ibadan breathes ~15% cleaner air (7.2 µg/m³ lower).
Ibadan
Onitsha
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Ibadan (4.0M) and Onitsha (5.8M) are 1.4x in population — Onitsha is the larger metro, Ibadan the smaller; on land area Onitsha spans roughly 1.9x more ground.
Onitsha is roughly 1.6x the scale of Ibadan
Combined population & area comparison
OnitshaIbadanCity Scale Rankings
Onitsha5.8M1.4xIbadan4.0M1xOnitsha1,090 km²1.9xIbadan574 km²1xIbadan
Onitsha
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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