Climate
Lagos logs 0 outdoor-dinner months a year to Yola's 12 — Yola wins by 12. Lagos also leads on hot days by 182.
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Air Quality
Lagos averages 32.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Yola's 49.3 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Lagos breathes ~34% cleaner air (16.6 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 Yola (764K) are 17x in population — Lagos is the larger metro, Yola the smaller; on land area Lagos spans roughly 11x more ground.
Lagos is roughly 13x the scale of Yola
Combined population & area comparison
LagosYolaCity Scale Rankings
Lagos12.8M17xYola764K1xLagos1,199 km²11xYola112 km²1xLagos
Yola
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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