NG flag
Ibadan

Nigeria

vs
NG flag
Oyo

Nigeria

Climate

Ibadan logs 184 sunny days a year to Oyo's 191 — Oyo wins by 7. Ibadan also leads on hot days by 12.

IbadanOyo
Sunny days
184191
Hot days
255267
Frost days
00
Rainy days
175160
Outdoor dinner months
12/1212/12
Avg wind
1.9 m/s2.0 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,1342,201
Darkest month sun
104 hrs/mo107 hrs/mo
UV peak month
8.89.6

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

Oyo

Feels-like °C

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

Dinner outside

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

Air Quality

Ibadan averages 42.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Oyo's 41.0 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Oyo breathes ~3% cleaner air (1.3 µg/m³ lower).

Ibadan

Oyo

42.3µg/m³
41.0µg/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.

Ibadan (4.0M) and Oyo (792K) are 5.1x in population — Ibadan is the larger metro, Oyo the smaller; on land area Ibadan spans roughly 4.8x more ground.

4.9x

Ibadan is roughly 4.9x the scale of Oyo

Combined population & area comparison

NG flagIbadan
4.9x
NG flagOyo
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.NG flagIbadan4.0M5.1x
2.NG flagOyo792K1x
Area
1.NG flagIbadan574 km²4.8x
2.NG flagOyo120 km²1x
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31 km31 km

NG flagIbadan

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12 km17 km

NG flagOyo

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
IbadanOyo
Struggles in both
IbadanOyo

Frequently asked about Ibadan vs Oyo

How does the climate compare between Ibadan and Oyo?
Sunny days: 184 vs 191 d — Similar Annual sunshine: 2,134 vs 2,201 hrs — Similar Winter sunshine: 104 vs 107 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 255 vs 267 d — Ibadan lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 175 vs 160 d — Oyo lower
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