Climate
Kano logs 288 hot days a year to Sokoto's 331 — Kano wins by 43. Kano also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.
Kano
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Sokoto
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Kano averages 58.8 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Sokoto's 45.4 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Sokoto breathes ~23% cleaner air (13.4 µg/m³ lower).
Kano
Sokoto
PM2.5 annual average
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 Sokoto (954K) are 5.4x in population — Kano is the larger metro, Sokoto the smaller; on land area Kano spans roughly 3.8x more ground.
Kano is roughly 4.5x the scale of Sokoto
Combined population & area comparison
KanoSokotoCity Scale Rankings
Kano5.1M5.4xSokoto954K1xKano419 km²3.8xSokoto110 km²1xKano
Sokoto
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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