NG flag
Lagos

Nigeria

vs
NG flag
Patigi

Nigeria

Climate

Lagos logs 0 outdoor-dinner months a year to Patigi's 11 — Patigi wins by 11. Lagos also leads on hot days by 188.

LagosPatigi
Sunny days
222276
Hot days
160348
Frost days
00
Rainy days
22499
Outdoor dinner months
0/1211/12
Avg wind
3.3 m/s1.7 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,3112,809
Darkest month sun
123 hrs/mo160 hrs/mo
UV peak month
8.69.8

Lagos

Feels-like °C

33
34
33
33
33
30
29
28
30
31
33
33

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Patigi

Feels-like °C

33
34
38
38
37
34
32
31
33
34
35
33

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Lagos averages 32.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Patigi's 45.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Lagos breathes ~28% cleaner air (12.5 µg/m³ lower).

Lagos

Patigi

32.7µg/m³
45.3µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy

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 Patigi (72K) are 178x in population — Lagos is the larger metro, Patigi the smaller; on land area Lagos spans roughly 150x more ground.

164x

Lagos is roughly 164x the scale of Patigi

Combined population & area comparison

NG flagLagos
164x
NG flagPatigi
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.NG flagLagos12.8M178x
2.NG flagPatigi72K1x
Area
1.NG flagLagos1,199 km²150x
2.NG flagPatigi8 km²1x
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64 km51 km

NG flagLagos

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3.3 km3.6 km

NG flagPatigi

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
LagosPatigi
Struggles in both
LagosPatigi

Frequently asked about Lagos vs Patigi

How does the climate compare between Lagos and Patigi?
Sunny days: 222 vs 276 d — Patigi higher Annual sunshine: 2,311 vs 2,809 hrs — Patigi higher Winter sunshine: 123 vs 160 hrs/day — Patigi higher Hot days (>30°C): 160 vs 348 d — Lagos lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 224 vs 99 d — Patigi lower
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