Africa
Nigeria
Capital Abuja · 196M people · Naira
- Top cities
- 12.8MLagos
- 5.1MKano
- 4.0MIbadan
- 1.3MAbuja
- 2.6MPort Harcourt
Photo by Nupo Deyon Daniel on Unsplash
- ClimateWarm21–40°
Top cities
- Lagos12.8M residents
- Kano5.1M residents
- Ibadan4.0M residents
- Abuja1.3M residents
- Port Harcourt2.6M residents
Source: GeoNames
Airports in Nigeria
Murtala Muhammed International Airport is Nigeria's busiest gateway.
Nigeria is quieter than 54 of 87 countries worldwide. It sees ~7 air passengers per 100 residents a year — a derived figure, not itself ranked.
2 major airports handle about 13M passengers a year. Tap any to see its nearest cities and how far they are.
Good to know — passenger volume is total throughput, not direct-route breadth; a large hub can still lack flights to your region. Learn how we measure this →
Passport strength in Nigeria
Nigeria's passport ranks #84 worldwide — 42 destinations visa-free.
This is the passport you’d gain by naturalizing here — a long-horizon payoff measured in years of residency, not a signal for the move itself.
- Mobility
- #8442 destinations
- GDP reach
- #1931.5% of world GDP
- Heritage
- #150130 of 1,353 UNESCO sites
Good to know — a mobility rank counts how many destinations you can enter, not how useful they are; a strong passport can still gate the one place you care about. Learn how we measure this →
Climate in Nigeria
Warm summers, gentle winters.
Where most people in Nigeria live, it's typically 21° to 40° feels-like across the year; sun is plentiful, up to ~329 days a year in Katsina.
Feels-like °C — where most people live, vs the city-to-city spread
Good to know— a country isn't one climate but a range; the extremes here are different cities, not the same place across seasons. Learn how we measure this →
Who thrives in Nigeria
A handful of lifestyles thrive in Nigeria.
Fit is scored per lifestyle and anchored to the cities that serve each best — Winter Escapist leads. Pick one to see exactly where it works.
Great fit
Poor fit
Good to know — fit is by city, not country; a lifestyle that thrives here may only do so in one or two of its cities. Learn how we measure this →