Lagos climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Lagos?

Lagos has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 1,780 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lagos?

The hottest day measured in Lagos between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1944, reaching 33.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Lagos?

The coldest day measured in Lagos between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 19.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Lagos?

Almost never: Lagos sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Lagos warmed?

Yes: Lagos warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Lagos?

The wettest day measured in Lagos between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1947, with 209 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Lagos?

The windiest day measured in Lagos between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2002, with winds reaching 30.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Lagos?

The warmest month in Lagos is March (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Lagos?

Lagos receives on average 1,780 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 270 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Lagos?

Lagos gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Lagos (Nigeria) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 1,780 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is March (27.7 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Lagos averages 0 frost days, 62 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 270 rainy days per year.

Lagos has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.6 °C (on 4 February 1944) and the coldest 19.0 °C (on 9 January 1957).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

LagosLagos

coords: 6.45°, 3.39°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.4°C

Average daily high

28.4°C

Average daily low

24.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,780mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

16.0km/h

Seasonal range

3.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

62 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

270 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.5 °C

Average feels-like low

29.1 °C

Average peak gust

29.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.80 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

33.6 °C

4 February 1944

Coldest day

19.0 °C

9 January 1957

Wettest day

209 mm

25 August 1947

Windiest day

30.0 km/h

5 August 2002

Strongest gust

51.1 km/h

20 August 1967

Hottest feels-like

40.6 °C

15 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

15.9 °C

9 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

24 May 1959

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.6 °C10 January 2025	23.6 °C14 August 2025	27.3 °C	1,467 mm	157
2024	32.7 °C5 February 2024	23.9 °C20 December 2024	27.7 °C	1,375 mm	195
2023	32.6 °C16 February 2023	22.6 °C1 January 2023	27.5 °C	1,703 mm	177
2022	32.2 °C29 January 2022	22.1 °C31 January 2022	27.0 °C	1,423 mm	143
2021	32.4 °C21 December 2021	22.9 °C27 June 2021	27.4 °C	1,543 mm	136
2020	33.1 °C7 February 2020	21.9 °C3 January 2020	27.2 °C	1,321 mm	146
2019	32.5 °C31 December 2019	23.6 °C31 December 2019	27.2 °C	2,250 mm	152
2018	31.4 °C5 February 2018	21.8 °C6 January 2018	27.0 °C	1,653 mm	98
2017	31.8 °C14 May 2017	23.4 °C26 August 2017	27.0 °C	1,567 mm	134
2016	32.9 °C10 February 2016	22.6 °C30 January 2016	27.2 °C	1,715 mm	159
2015	31.8 °C18 December 2015	21.0 °C15 January 2015	26.8 °C	1,456 mm	111
2014	31.2 °C5 May 2014	22.7 °C14 August 2014	26.8 °C	1,826 mm	66
2013	31.4 °C4 January 2013	22.3 °C19 December 2013	26.8 °C	1,272 mm	96
2012	31.5 °C20 March 2012	22.2 °C15 January 2012	26.7 °C	1,831 mm	60
2011	31.4 °C28 February 2011	21.9 °C1 January 2011	26.9 °C	1,489 mm	105
2010	32.3 °C21 February 2010	23.5 °C17 August 2010	27.3 °C	1,590 mm	136
2009	31.1 °C1 December 2009	22.7 °C24 January 2009	26.9 °C	1,508 mm	94
2008	32.0 °C16 February 2008	21.5 °C27 January 2008	26.7 °C	1,594 mm	78
2007	31.9 °C13 February 2007	21.4 °C13 January 2007	26.7 °C	1,854 mm	87
2006	31.8 °C11 December 2006	22.6 °C3 September 2006	26.9 °C	1,809 mm	110
2005	32.2 °C21 January 2005	21.4 °C13 January 2005	26.8 °C	1,433 mm	88
2004	31.7 °C13 March 2004	22.7 °C25 July 2004	26.6 °C	1,548 mm	61
2003	31.5 °C24 March 2003	23.1 °C23 July 2003	26.8 °C	1,533 mm	73
2002	31.6 °C24 February 2002	22.2 °C27 December 2002	26.5 °C	1,667 mm	61
2001	32.1 °C16 February 2001	22.8 °C7 September 2001	26.5 °C	1,464 mm	64
2000	32.2 °C1 March 2000	22.3 °C2 February 2000	26.5 °C	1,633 mm	75
1999	30.9 °C16 April 1999	22.4 °C17 September 1999	26.5 °C	1,955 mm	70
1998	32.9 °C9 March 1998	21.8 °C21 January 1998	27.0 °C	1,447 mm	137
1997	31.6 °C16 February 1997	22.8 °C16 June 1997	26.5 °C	1,568 mm	55
1996	30.4 °C8 April 1996	23.1 °C24 August 1996	26.5 °C	1,990 mm	27
1995	31.5 °C24 February 1995	23.0 °C26 December 1995	26.7 °C	1,798 mm	69
1994	31.8 °C21 December 1994	22.3 °C19 December 1994	26.4 °C	1,563 mm	57
1993	31.1 °C20 February 1993	22.0 °C12 January 1993	26.5 °C	1,587 mm	50
1992	31.7 °C14 February 1992	21.0 °C10 January 1992	26.3 °C	1,508 mm	65
1991	31.2 °C27 March 1991	21.2 °C1 January 1991	26.4 °C	1,791 mm	38
1990	31.9 °C10 March 1990	22.3 °C19 August 1990	26.4 °C	1,594 mm	50
1989	31.9 °C27 January 1989	20.7 °C3 January 1989	26.3 °C	1,843 mm	59
1988	31.4 °C5 April 1988	22.9 °C10 October 1988	26.6 °C	2,156 mm	61
1987	31.5 °C19 April 1987	23.0 °C28 September 1987	26.9 °C	1,820 mm	86
1986	31.4 °C3 February 1986	21.9 °C2 August 1986	26.2 °C	1,549 mm	41
1985	30.9 °C20 February 1985	22.2 °C18 December 1985	26.3 °C	1,822 mm	46
1984	31.1 °C8 February 1984	22.8 °C16 December 1984	26.4 °C	1,550 mm	46
1983	31.8 °C7 March 1983	20.5 °C19 January 1983	26.3 °C	1,321 mm	95
1982	30.9 °C20 February 1982	22.5 °C7 August 1982	26.2 °C	1,530 mm	41
1981	30.9 °C17 February 1981	22.7 °C4 January 1981	26.4 °C	1,934 mm	41
1980	31.1 °C7 April 1980	22.6 °C21 December 1980	26.4 °C	2,579 mm	33
1979	31.1 °C19 April 1979	22.6 °C23 September 1979	26.4 °C	2,213 mm	32
1978	30.7 °C23 February 1978	22.0 °C31 July 1978	26.0 °C	1,901 mm	18
1977	31.2 °C17 April 1977	22.3 °C26 December 1977	26.2 °C	1,665 mm	25
1976	30.5 °C21 January 1976	22.4 °C6 August 1976	25.7 °C	1,944 mm	12
1975	30.8 °C30 January 1975	22.1 °C1 January 1975	25.8 °C	1,995 mm	18
1974	30.9 °C9 March 1974	21.1 °C29 December 1974	26.0 °C	2,044 mm	22
1973	31.7 °C11 March 1973	22.8 °C1 August 1973	26.6 °C	2,201 mm	80
1972	31.7 °C15 December 1972	22.4 °C27 August 1972	26.3 °C	1,910 mm	41
1971	31.9 °C18 March 1971	21.2 °C26 December 1971	26.0 °C	2,359 mm	29
1970	31.2 °C18 February 1970	22.8 °C19 September 1970	26.4 °C	1,999 mm	68
1969	31.7 °C21 February 1969	22.7 °C3 September 1969	26.3 °C	2,081 mm	60
1968	31.3 °C11 April 1968	21.2 °C18 January 1968	26.1 °C	2,644 mm	20
1967	31.2 °C14 March 1967	21.6 °C2 January 1967	26.0 °C	1,918 mm	44
1966	32.3 °C6 February 1966	21.6 °C6 January 1966	26.4 °C	1,746 mm	69
1965	30.2 °C5 March 1965	22.9 °C4 September 1965	26.1 °C	1,893 mm	11
1964	31.2 °C8 February 1964	21.7 °C3 August 1964	26.1 °C	1,385 mm	66
1963	31.3 °C10 March 1963	23.1 °C22 July 1963	26.2 °C	2,069 mm	27
1962	31.6 °C5 January 1962	21.4 °C8 February 1962	25.9 °C	1,884 mm	45
1961	31.7 °C8 March 1961	22.0 °C15 August 1961	26.1 °C	1,700 mm	39
1960	31.5 °C15 February 1960	22.2 °C3 January 1960	26.0 °C	1,740 mm	22
1959	32.3 °C2 February 1959	21.6 °C15 August 1959	26.0 °C	1,445 mm	31
1958	31.4 °C16 February 1958	21.5 °C22 July 1958	25.9 °C	1,514 mm	26
1957	30.7 °C19 February 1957	19.0 °C9 January 1957	25.6 °C	2,609 mm	11
1956	30.0 °C5 January 1956	21.5 °C10 August 1956	25.5 °C	1,918 mm	3
1955	30.8 °C21 January 1955	22.2 °C30 December 1955	25.8 °C	2,044 mm	17
1954	30.1 °C9 February 1954	21.2 °C31 July 1954	25.7 °C	1,580 mm	1
1953	30.8 °C13 December 1953	22.4 °C3 December 1953	26.0 °C	1,767 mm	14
1952	31.1 °C5 January 1952	22.3 °C11 August 1952	26.0 °C	2,298 mm	31
1951	31.2 °C22 December 1951	22.8 °C19 August 1951	26.0 °C	2,216 mm	39
1950	31.2 °C15 February 1950	21.6 °C11 August 1950	25.7 °C	2,466 mm	25
1949	31.0 °C16 February 1949	22.2 °C15 August 1949	26.1 °C	1,680 mm	25
1948	31.9 °C8 February 1948	22.0 °C5 February 1948	25.9 °C	1,661 mm	42
1947	31.1 °C10 January 1947	21.9 °C21 January 1947	26.0 °C	2,512 mm	32
1946	32.4 °C23 February 1946	21.8 °C4 August 1946	25.9 °C	1,369 mm	59
1945	32.4 °C13 February 1945	20.7 °C5 February 1945	25.9 °C	1,525 mm	84
1944	33.6 °C4 February 1944	21.8 °C8 August 1944	26.0 °C	1,955 mm	49
1943	30.0 °C20 February 1943	21.0 °C17 August 1943	25.5 °C	1,667 mm	2
1942	30.6 °C16 March 1942	21.9 °C24 July 1942	25.8 °C	1,574 mm	11
1941	30.6 °C28 December 1941	22.9 °C4 August 1941	25.9 °C	1,796 mm	6
1940	30.4 °C5 March 1940	22.1 °C5 August 1940	25.9 °C	1,784 mm	4

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.2 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

157 d/yr

+95

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1467 mm

-313 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.9 °C	+1.6 °C	16 mm	-23 mm
Feb	30.8 °C	+0.9 °C	35 mm	-26 mm
Mar	31.0 °C	+1.2 °C	72 mm	-47 mm
Apr	30.6 °C	+1.0 °C	99 mm	-60 mm
May	30.0 °C	+1.1 °C	187 mm	-45 mm
Jun	28.7 °C	+1.1 °C	279 mm	-17 mm
Jul	26.9 °C	+0.5 °C	154 mm	-80 mm
Aug	26.2 °C	+0.1 °C	127 mm	-13 mm
Sep	27.5 °C	+0.7 °C	197 mm	+17 mm
Oct	28.4 °C	+0.6 °C	164 mm	-12 mm
Nov	29.7 °C	+0.8 °C	82 mm	-11 mm
Dec	29.7 °C	+0.5 °C	54 mm	+3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.6 °C

10 Jan 2025

Coldest day

23.6 °C

14 Aug 2025

Wettest day

36.1 mm

4 Aug 2025

Windiest day

27.6 km/h

12 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

47.5 km/h

31 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.1 °C

13 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

25.6 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

11 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Lagos?

Lagos has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 1,780 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lagos?

The hottest day measured in Lagos between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1944, reaching 33.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Lagos?

The coldest day measured in Lagos between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 19.0 °C.

Does it snow in Lagos?

Almost never: Lagos sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Lagos warmed?

Yes: Lagos warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Lagos?

The wettest day measured in Lagos between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1947, with 209 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Lagos?

The windiest day measured in Lagos between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2002, with winds reaching 30.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Lagos?

The warmest month in Lagos is March (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Lagos?

Lagos receives on average 1,780 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 270 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Lagos?

Lagos gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Lagos?

Yes: Lagos has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lagos?

In Lagos, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 15 March 2024, and the lowest was 15.9 °C on 9 January 1957.

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