Climate
Kaduna logs 223 hot days a year to Lagos's 160 — Lagos wins by 63. Kaduna also leads on sunny days by 59.
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Lagos
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Air Quality
Kaduna averages 59.0 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Lagos's 32.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Lagos breathes ~44% cleaner air (26.2 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.
Kaduna (1.9M) and Lagos (12.8M) are 6.6x in population — Lagos is the larger metro, Kaduna the smaller; on land area Lagos spans roughly 3.9x more ground.
Lagos is roughly 5.1x the scale of Kaduna
Combined population & area comparison
LagosKadunaCity Scale Rankings
Lagos12.8M6.6xKaduna1.9M1xLagos1,199 km²3.9xKaduna304 km²1xKaduna
Lagos
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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