Climate
Lagos logs 0 outdoor-dinner months a year to Sokoto's 11 — Sokoto wins by 11. Lagos also leads on hot days by 171.
Lagos
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Sokoto
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Air Quality
Lagos averages 32.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Sokoto's 45.4 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Lagos breathes ~28% cleaner air (12.7 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.
Lagos (12.8M) and Sokoto (954K) are 13x in population — Lagos is the larger metro, Sokoto the smaller; on land area Lagos spans roughly 11x more ground.
Lagos is roughly 12x the scale of Sokoto
Combined population & area comparison
LagosSokotoCity Scale Rankings
Lagos12.8M13xSokoto954K1xLagos1,199 km²11xSokoto110 km²1xLagos
Sokoto
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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