Climate
Kano logs 288 hot days a year to Maiduguri's 315 — Kano wins by 27. Kano and Maiduguri match on sunny days (321 vs 321).
Kano
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Dinner outside
Maiduguri
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Air Quality
Kano averages 58.8 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Maiduguri's 53 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Maiduguri breathes ~10% cleaner air (5.8 µg/m³ lower).
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Maiduguri
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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 Maiduguri (1.3M) are 4.0x in population — Kano is the larger metro, Maiduguri the smaller; on land area Kano spans roughly 2.7x more ground.
Kano is roughly 3.2x the scale of Maiduguri
Combined population & area comparison
KanoMaiduguriCity Scale Rankings
Kano5.1M4.0xMaiduguri1.3M1xKano419 km²2.7xMaiduguri157 km²1xKano
Maiduguri
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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