Climate · Lagos

Lagos in January

Hot and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Lagos is hot: highs near 91°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 47 minutes.January in Lagos is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 47 minutes.

High
91°F33°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 31% of days
Daylight
11h 47mon average

Is January a good time to visit Lagos?


Yes. January is one of Lagos's best months (June to September, or December to January).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 91°F in January, against 83°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in January, against 28°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

31% of days in January, against 31% to 95% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in January, against 60% to 78% through the year.

Daylight

11h 47m in January, against 11h 45m to 12h 29m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. December90°32°low 77°low 25°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January91°33°low 77°low 25°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February91°33°low 78°low 26°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Lagos sits, in January

Africa/Lagos

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:02 AMsets 6:49 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Abuja536 km north-east

The land around Lagos, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Nigeria in January

high · low · wet days

  • Abuja97°36° · 69°21° 0

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lagos. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.