Climate
Lagos logs 0 outdoor-dinner months a year to Maiduguri's 12 — Maiduguri wins by 12. Lagos also leads on hot days by 155.
Lagos
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Maiduguri
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Air Quality
Lagos averages 32.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Maiduguri's 53 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Lagos breathes ~38% cleaner air (20.3 µg/m³ lower).
Lagos
Maiduguri
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.
Lagos (12.8M) and Maiduguri (1.3M) are 9.9x in population — Lagos is the larger metro, Maiduguri the smaller; on land area Lagos spans roughly 7.6x more ground.
Lagos is roughly 8.7x the scale of Maiduguri
Combined population & area comparison
LagosMaiduguriCity Scale Rankings
Lagos12.8M9.9xMaiduguri1.3M1xLagos1,199 km²7.6xMaiduguri157 km²1xLagos
Maiduguri
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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