NG flag
Kano

Nigeria

vs
NG flag
Yola

Nigeria

Climate

Kano logs 288 hot days a year to Yola's 342 — Kano wins by 54. Kano also leads on sunny days by 15.

KanoYola
Sunny days
321306
Hot days
288342
Frost days
00
Rainy days
7874
Outdoor dinner months
12/1212/12
Avg wind
2.5 m/s1.8 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,1243,006
Darkest month sun
163 hrs/mo170 hrs/mo
UV peak month
10.710.2

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

Yola

Feels-like °C

31
32
36
38
37
35
32
30
32
35
35
32

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 Yola's 49.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Yola breathes ~16% cleaner air (9.5 µg/m³ lower).

Kano

Yola

58.8µg/m³
49.3µg/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 Yola (764K) are 6.7x in population — Kano is the larger metro, Yola the smaller; on land area Kano spans roughly 3.7x more ground.

5.0x

Kano is roughly 5.0x the scale of Yola

Combined population & area comparison

NG flagKano
5.0x
NG flagYola
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.NG flagKano5.1M6.7x
2.NG flagYola764K1x
Area
1.NG flagKano419 km²3.7x
2.NG flagYola112 km²1x
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29 km32 km

NG flagKano

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18 km14 km

NG flagYola

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
KanoYola
Struggles in both
KanoYola

Frequently asked about Kano vs Yola

How does the climate compare between Kano and Yola?
Sunny days: 321 vs 306 d — Kano higher Annual sunshine: 3,124 vs 3,006 hrs — Kano higher Winter sunshine: 163 vs 170 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 288 vs 342 d — Kano lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 78 vs 74 d — Similar
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