Climate
Ibadan logs 184 sunny days a year to Port Harcourt's 150 — Ibadan wins by 34. Port Harcourt also leads on hot days by 21.
Ibadan
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Port Harcourt
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Dinner outside
Air Quality
Ibadan averages 42.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Port Harcourt's 40.1 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Port Harcourt breathes ~5% cleaner air (2.2 µg/m³ lower).
Ibadan
Port Harcourt
PM2.5 annual average
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 Port Harcourt (2.6M) are 1.5x in population — Ibadan is the larger metro, Port Harcourt the smaller; on land area Ibadan spans roughly 1.9x more ground.
Ibadan is roughly 1.7x the scale of Port Harcourt
Combined population & area comparison
IbadanPort HarcourtCity Scale Rankings
Ibadan4.0M1.5xPort Harcourt2.6M1xIbadan574 km²1.9xPort Harcourt310 km²1xIbadan
Port Harcourt
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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