Climate
Kano logs 321 sunny days a year to Katsina's 329 — Katsina wins by 8. Kano also leads on hot days by 3.
Kano
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Dinner outside
Katsina
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Air Quality
Kano averages 58.8 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Katsina's 54.0 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Katsina breathes ~8% cleaner air (4.9 µg/m³ lower).
Kano
Katsina
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WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Kano (5.1M) and Katsina (610K) are 8.4x in population — Kano is the larger metro, Katsina the smaller; on land area Kano spans roughly 4.5x more ground.
Kano is roughly 6.1x the scale of Katsina
Combined population & area comparison
KanoKatsinaCity Scale Rankings
Kano5.1M8.4xKatsina610K1xKano419 km²4.5xKatsina94 km²1xKano
Katsina
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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