Weather in Lagos

Calculated from weather data of Murtala Muhammed International Airport (DNMM) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	34.1	34.7	34.5	34.2	33.0	34.6
February	34.0	35.0	34.2	34.7	32.7	35.7
March	33.5	34.5	33.2	34.1	32.6	34.0
April	32.8		33.0	32.6	33.0	33.3
May	32.0		32.2	31.8	32.2	32.5
June	30.6		30.1	31.8	31.1	31.6
July	28.8		29.3	28.3	29.8	28.8
August	29.2		29.3	30.5	29.3	29.5
September	29.1		28.6	28.6	29.8	28.6
October	30.5		31.1	30.6	31.3	29.6
November	32.2		31.5	33.3	32.1	32.0
December	33.5		34.2	33.0	34.1	32.7
Average	32.0	34.7	31.8	32.0	31.7	31.9

11th highest temperature of Nigeria

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	24.0	26	24	22	25	23
February	25.6	26	26	25	26	25
March	25.8	26	24	27	26	26
April	25.3		24	25	25	26
May	24.9		25	25	25	25
June	23.8		24	23	23	24
July	23.9		24	24	24	24
August	23.8		25	23	24	24
September	23.5		23	23	24	24
October	23.9		25	24	23	24
November	24.8		26	25	24	25
December	24.5		25	25	24	25
Average	24.6	25.5	24.4	24.0	24.5	24.5

14th lowest temperature of Nigeria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	90	255	230	261	246
25 °C or warmer	91	360	331	357	355
20 °C or warmer	91	362	337	358	361
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.3	1	0	0	1	0
February	0.4	0	0	0	1	0
March	0.2	0	1	0	0	1
April	0.4		0	0	1	1
May	1.0		1	1	1	1
June	5.1		6	3	2	3
July	9.4		10	11	3	5
August	7.6		11	9	8	2
September	9.2		13	14	2	14
October	3.4		1	2	3	5
November	1.4		4	2	1	1
December	0.8		0	2	0	1
Average	3.0	0.4	3.5	3.5	2.1	2.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.7	12	10	11	10	10
February	10.7	13	12	11	10	10
March	11.9	15	12	13	11	11
April	11.1		13	11	10	11
May	10.5		13	10	11	10
June	10.2		14	10	9	9
July	11.6		14	10	14	10
August	13.0		15	14	14	11
September	11.1		13	12	11	9
October	10.4		12	10	9	9
November	8.9		10	9	9	9
December	8.9		11	8	9	10
Average	10.9	13.1	12.4	10.9	10.8	9.9

9th highest wind speed of Nigeria

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SW	S	SE	SW	E
February	S	S	S	SW	SW
March	SW	S	S	SW	SW
April		SW	S	SW	SW
May		SW	S	SW	SW
June		SW	S	SW	SW
July		SW	SW	SW	SW
August		SW	S	SW	SW
September		SW	S	SW	SW
October		SW	S	SW	SW
November		SW	SW	S	SW
December		W	SW	SW	SW

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Lagos weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Lagos?

The warmest month is January with an average temperature of 34 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Lagos?

The coldest month is July with an average daytime temperature of 29 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Lagos?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in July with a probability of around 9.4 %.

Which month is the driest in Lagos?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in March. The probability is about 0.3 %.