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Lagos in May

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Lagos is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 59°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 45 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Lagos is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 15°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 45 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 16% of days
Daylight
14h 09mon average

Is May a good time to visit Lagos?

A good month, just outside Lagos's best months, which run from 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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 72°F in May, against 63°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in May, against 17°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

16% of days in May, against 1% to 32% through the year.

Cloud cover

39% cover in May, against 11% to 52% through the year.

Daylight

14h 09m in May, against 9h 39m to 14h 40m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April68°20°low 56°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May72°22°low 59°low 15°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. June76°24°low 63°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Lagos sits, in May

Europe/Lisbon
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:27 AMsets 8:35 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May 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.