Lagos, Nigeria climate
Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Lagos, Nigeria, with every day graded against ~46 years of local climate history (1980–2026). Its warmest month is February, averaging a high of 33°C, and its coldest is August, with an average low of 23°C.
Lagos, or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan port city in southwestern Nigeria. As of November 2025, the size of the city's population has been estimated to be between 17 and 21 million residents, making Lagos the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and o… via Wikipedia
How today compares
Latest recorded day: 2026-10-15. Each reading placed on Lagos, Nigeria's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.
Percentiles marked * are pending verification.
Lagos average temperatures by month
Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Lagos, Nigeria, based on 1980–2026 records. The wettest month is May (8 mm on an average day).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Avg precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°C | 23°C | 3 mm |
| February | 33°C | 24°C | 3 mm |
| March | 32°C | 25°C | 5 mm |
| April | 32°C | 25°C | 5 mm |
| May | 31°C | 24°C | 8 mm |
| June | 29°C | 23°C | 8 mm |
| July | 28°C | 23°C | 8 mm |
| August | 28°C | 23°C | 5 mm |
| September | 29°C | 23°C | 8 mm |
| October | 30°C | 23°C | 8 mm |
| November | 31°C | 24°C | 3 mm |
| December | 32°C | 23°C | 3 mm |
Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.
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Record extremes
- Hottest day on record: 37°C on 2020-02-08
- Coldest day on record: 17°C on 2005-01-13
Percentiles compare each day to Lagos, Nigeria's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →