December
OK
31.6°C / 24.3°C
13 rain days
hot, rainy
Best time to visit Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria — ranked month by month from data: temperature, rainfall, snow, and peak hazard seasons. Every month has trade-offs — pick what you can tolerate.
Best · December & January
About Lagos
Lagos, or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan port city in southwestern Nigeria. As of November 2025, the size of the city's population has been estimated to be between 17 and 21 million residents, making Lagos the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and one of the fastest-growing megacities in the world.
— condensed from Wikipedia
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OK — shoulder months
January
OK
31.6°C / 24.2°C
14 rain days
hot, rainy
Months to skip
August
Skip
27.2°C / 23.7°C
31 rain days
warm, very wet
- extremely wet (31 rain days)
September
Skip
27.6°C / 23.9°C
30 rain days
warm, very wet
- extremely wet (30 rain days)
February
Skip
31.7°C / 25.5°C
20 rain days
hot, very wet
- very hot (31.7°C)
- extremely wet (20 rain days)
July
Skip
27.3°C / 24°C
31 rain days
warm, very wet
- extremely wet (31 rain days)
June
Skip
28.2°C / 24.5°C
30 rain days
hot, very wet
- extremely wet (30 rain days)
October
Skip
28.7°C / 24.5°C
31 rain days
hot, very wet
- extremely wet (31 rain days)
November
Skip
30°C / 25.2°C
28 rain days
hot, very wet
- extremely wet (28 rain days)
April
Skip
31.1°C / 26.3°C
27 rain days
hot, very wet
- very hot (31.1°C)
- extremely wet (27 rain days)
May
Skip
30°C / 25.7°C
30 rain days
hot, very wet
- extremely wet (30 rain days)
March
Skip
31.2°C / 26.3°C
28 rain days
hot, very wet
- very hot (31.2°C)
- extremely wet (28 rain days)
How we ranked these
Each month is scored on temperature comfort (18–27°C avg high is the sweet spot), rainfall (more rain days = lower score), snow days, and peak hazard seasons (hurricanes, monsoons, etc.). Green-tier months are within ideal range with no major issues. Yellow are workable but with trade-offs. Red has at least one significant problem — extreme heat or cold, heavy rain, or peak storm season.