NG flag
Kano

Nigeria

vs
NG flag
Yenagoa

Nigeria

Climate

Kano logs 12 outdoor-dinner months a year to Yenagoa's 1 — Kano wins by 11. Kano also leads on sunny days by 170.

KanoYenagoa
Sunny days
321151
Hot days
288262
Frost days
00
Rainy days
78279
Outdoor dinner months
12/121/12
Avg wind
2.5 m/s1.8 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,1241,872
Darkest month sun
163 hrs/mo104 hrs/mo
UV peak month
10.77.6

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

Yenagoa

Feels-like °C

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

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 Yenagoa's 37.8 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Yenagoa breathes ~36% cleaner air (21.0 µg/m³ lower).

Kano

Yenagoa

58.8µg/m³
37.8µg/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 Yenagoa (566K) are 9.0x in population — Kano is the larger metro, Yenagoa the smaller; on land area Kano spans roughly 4.7x more ground.

6.5x

Kano is roughly 6.5x the scale of Yenagoa

Combined population & area comparison

NG flagKano
6.5x
NG flagYenagoa
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.NG flagKano5.1M9.0x
2.NG flagYenagoa566K1x
Area
1.NG flagKano419 km²4.7x
2.NG flagYenagoa89 km²1x
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29 km32 km

NG flagKano

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19 km20 km

NG flagYenagoa

Who Thrives Here

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

Thrives in both
KanoYenagoa
Thrives only in Kano
KanoYenagoa
Struggles in both
KanoYenagoa

Frequently asked about Kano vs Yenagoa

How does the climate compare between Kano and Yenagoa?
Sunny days: 321 vs 151 d — Kano higher Annual sunshine: 3,124 vs 1,872 hrs — Kano higher Winter sunshine: 163 vs 104 hrs/day — Kano higher Hot days (>30°C): 288 vs 262 d — Yenagoa lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 78 vs 279 d — Kano lower
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