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Lagos in December

Mild and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Lagos is mild: highs near 65°F, lows near 54°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 39 minutes.December in Lagos is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 39 minutes.

High
65°F18°Caverage
Low
54°F12°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 32% of days
Daylight
9h 39mon average

Is December a good time to visit Lagos?

December sits outside Lagos's best months, which run from June to September. Expect mild days and rain on about two days a week.

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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 65°F in December, against 63°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in December, against 17°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

9h 39m in December, against 9h 39m to 14h 40m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November69°21°low 58°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December65°18°low 54°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January63°17°low 52°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Lagos sits, in December

Europe/Lisbon
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:41 AMsets 5:19 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 December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December 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.