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Lagos in August

Warm and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Lagos is warm: highs near 80°F, lows near 66°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 1 hour from the first week to the last.August in Lagos is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 19°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 1 hour from the first week to the last.

High
80°F27°Caverage
Low
66°F19°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 1% of days
Daylight
13h 31mon average

Is August a good time to visit Lagos?

Yes. August is one of Lagos's best months (June to September).

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 August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 80°F in August, against 63°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in August, against 17°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

1% of days in August, against 1% to 32% through the year.

Cloud cover

14% cover in August, against 11% to 52% through the year.

Daylight

13h 31m in August, against 9h 39m to 14h 40m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. July79°26°low 65°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August80°27°low 66°low 19°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. September78°26°low 65°low 18°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Lagos sits, in August

Europe/Lisbon
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:51 AMsets 8:28 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
37.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Algarve (Faro)66 km east

The land around Lagos, shaded by its typical high in August, 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 Portugal in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Lagos

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 11 km west of Lagos. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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.