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Lagos in January

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Lagos is mild: highs near 63°F, lows near 52°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Lagos is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
63°F17°Caverage
Low
52°F11°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 30% of days
Daylight
9h 55mon average

Is January a good time to visit Lagos?

January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

30% of days in January, against 1% to 32% through the year.

Cloud cover

50% cover in January, against 11% to 52% through the year.

Daylight

9h 55m in January, against 9h 39m to 14h 40m 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. December65°18°low 54°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January63°17°low 52°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February63°17°low 52°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Lagos sits, in January

Europe/Lisbon
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:47 AMsets 5:39 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 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 Portugal in January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.