Climate
Katsina logs 291 hot days a year to Lagos's 160 — Lagos wins by 131. Katsina also leads on sunny days by 107.
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Air Quality
Katsina averages 54.0 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Lagos's 32.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Lagos breathes ~39% cleaner air (21.2 µg/m³ lower).
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Katsina (610K) and Lagos (12.8M) are 21x in population — Lagos is the larger metro, Katsina the smaller; on land area Lagos spans roughly 13x more ground.
Lagos is roughly 16x the scale of Katsina
Combined population & area comparison
LagosKatsinaCity Scale Rankings
Lagos12.8M21xKatsina610K1xLagos1,199 km²13xKatsina94 km²1xKatsina
Lagos
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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