Climate
Jos logs 109 hot days a year to Kano's 288 — Jos wins by 179. Kano also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 3.
Jos
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Air Quality
Jos averages 64.6 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Kano's 58.8 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Kano breathes ~9% cleaner air (5.7 µg/m³ lower).
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Jos (966K) and Kano (5.1M) are 5.3x in population — Kano is the larger metro, Jos the smaller; on land area Kano spans roughly 2.1x more ground.
Kano is roughly 3.3x the scale of Jos
Combined population & area comparison
KanoJosCity Scale Rankings
Kano5.1M5.3xJos966K1xKano419 km²2.1xJos202 km²1xJos
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Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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