Lagos climate

Lagos Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Lagos, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 16°C on January 1 to 15°C on January 31, and lows from 13°C to 12°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 62 mm over about 9 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Lagos, in °C, with the record for each date.5101520151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
15°C
Average low
12°C
Precipitation
62 mm
Reanalysis high
19°CJan 22, 2008
Reanalysis low
6°CJan 28, 2005
Daylight
9 h 40 min to 10 h 20 min
Cloud cover
52%
Humidity
79%
Dew point
10°C
Wind
21.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 116°C13°C18°C 199611°C 201527%
Jan 216°C13°C18°C 200210°C 199526%
Jan 316°C13°C18°C 19969°C 199326%
Jan 416°C13°C18°C 199611°C 199326%
Jan 516°C13°C18°C 19969°C 199125%
Jan 616°C13°C18°C 19969°C 199725%
Jan 716°C13°C19°C 19998°C 200925%
Jan 816°C13°C18°C 19967°C 200925%
Jan 916°C13°C18°C 20147°C 200926%
Jan 1015°C13°C17°C 20047°C 200926%
Jan 1115°C13°C18°C 20046°C 200926%
Jan 1215°C13°C18°C 19988°C 200326%
Jan 1315°C12°C17°C 20108°C 200326%
Jan 1415°C12°C17°C 199210°C 201725%
Jan 1515°C12°C17°C 20209°C 200026%
Jan 1615°C12°C17°C 20109°C 199427%
Jan 1715°C12°C17°C 20059°C 199426%
Jan 1815°C12°C17°C 20187°C 199427%
Jan 1915°C12°C17°C 19987°C 201726%
Jan 2015°C12°C18°C 20057°C 199427%
Jan 2115°C12°C18°C 19988°C 199426%
Jan 2215°C12°C19°C 20089°C 199426%
Jan 2315°C12°C17°C 20089°C 199226%
Jan 2415°C12°C18°C 20169°C 199226%
Jan 2515°C12°C18°C 20199°C 200726%
Jan 2615°C12°C18°C 19957°C 200726%
Jan 2715°C12°C17°C 20037°C 200527%
Jan 2815°C12°C18°C 20036°C 200526%
Jan 2915°C12°C17°C 19997°C 200626%
Jan 3015°C12°C18°C 19997°C 200626%
Jan 3115°C12°C18°C 19959°C 200526%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Lagos, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+0).

January 1
sunrise 7:48 AM, sunset 5:28 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:38 AM, sunset 5:58 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.