NG flag
Kano

Nigeria

vs
NG flag
Oyo

Nigeria

Climate

Kano logs 321 sunny days a year to Oyo's 191 — Kano wins by 130. Oyo also leads on hot days by 21.

KanoOyo
Sunny days
321191
Hot days
288267
Frost days
00
Rainy days
78160
Outdoor dinner months
12/1212/12
Avg wind
2.5 m/s2.0 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,1242,201
Darkest month sun
163 hrs/mo107 hrs/mo
UV peak month
10.79.6

Kano

Feels-like °C

24
26
32
37
37
35
30
28
33
32
28
24

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Oyo

Feels-like °C

34
35
33
33
32
29
28
28
29
30
33
33

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Kano averages 58.8 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Oyo's 41.0 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Oyo breathes ~30% cleaner air (17.8 µg/m³ lower).

Kano

Oyo

58.8µg/m³
41.0µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Very Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy

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 Oyo (792K) are 6.5x in population — Kano is the larger metro, Oyo the smaller; on land area Kano spans roughly 3.5x more ground.

4.7x

Kano is roughly 4.7x the scale of Oyo

Combined population & area comparison

NG flagKano
4.7x
NG flagOyo
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.NG flagKano5.1M6.5x
2.NG flagOyo792K1x
Area
1.NG flagKano419 km²3.5x
2.NG flagOyo120 km²1x
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29 km32 km

NG flagKano

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12 km17 km

NG flagOyo

Who Thrives Here

Kano is the stronger fit for the sunshine lover. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
KanoOyo
Thrives only in Kano
KanoOyo
Struggles in both
KanoOyo

Frequently asked about Kano vs Oyo

How does the climate compare between Kano and Oyo?
Sunny days: 321 vs 191 d — Kano higher Annual sunshine: 3,124 vs 2,201 hrs — Kano higher Winter sunshine: 163 vs 107 hrs/day — Kano higher Hot days (>30°C): 288 vs 267 d — Oyo lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 78 vs 160 d — Kano lower
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