Lagos weather in April

In April, Lagos sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 37 mm of rain across 6.3 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Lagos's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lagos's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 37 mm; 6.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 6:06 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 6th clearest
Wind: 21 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Lagos is human settlement in Portugal.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month.

A typical April day in Lagos reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C warmer than March and about 2°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	14
2	16	14
3	16	14
4	16	14
5	16	14
6	16	14
7	16	14
8	17	14
9	17	14
10	17	14
11	17	14
12	17	14
13	17	14
14	17	14
15	17	14
16	17	14
17	17	14
18	17	14
19	17	14
20	17	14
21	17	14
22	17	14
23	17	14
24	17	14
25	17	14
26	17	14
27	17	14
28	17	14
29	17	15
30	17	15

Lagos weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 12°	54	7.7	9.7	4.9
Feb	15° / 12°	47	6.3	10.6	5.0
Mar	16° / 13°	48	6.6	11.7	5.6
Apr	17° / 14°	37	6.3	12.9	6.1
May	19° / 16°	22	4.1	14	7.3
Jun	21° / 18°	4	0.8	14.5	8.5
Jul	22° / 19°	0	0.1	14.3	9.2
Aug	23° / 19°	2	0.3	13.4	9.2
Sep	22° / 19°	17	2.7	12.3	8.4
Oct	20° / 17°	60	6.8	11	7.1
Nov	18° / 15°	65	7.8	10	6.2
Dec	16° / 13°	82	8.3	9.5	5.3

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	66	66	66	67	68	68	68	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	70	70
Cloudier (%)	34	34	34	33	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	70	30

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Lagos gets around 37 mm of rain over 6.3 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 21% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	21
22	21
23	21
24	21
25	20
26	20
27	19
28	19
29	18
30	18

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 73% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	81	81	80	79	79	78	77	76	76	75	74	74	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	71	70	70	70	70	68	68	67	66	65	64
Comfortable (%)	19	19	20	21	21	22	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	30	30	31	32	33	34
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	81	19	0
2	81	19	0
3	80	20	0
4	79	21	0
5	79	21	0
6	78	22	0
7	77	23	0
8	76	24	0
9	76	24	0
10	75	25	0
11	74	26	0
12	74	26	0
13	73	27	0
14	73	27	0
15	73	27	0
16	73	27	0
17	72	28	0
18	72	28	0
19	72	28	0
20	71	28	1
21	70	29	1
22	70	29	1
23	70	29	1
24	70	29	1
25	68	30	2
26	68	30	2
27	67	31	2
28	66	32	2
29	65	33	2
30	64	34	2

Wind in April

Winds average 21 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	21	breezy
2	21	breezy
3	21	breezy
4	21	breezy
5	21	breezy
6	21	breezy
7	21	breezy
8	21	breezy
9	21	breezy
10	21	breezy
11	21	breezy
12	21	breezy
13	21	breezy
14	21	breezy
15	21	breezy
16	21	breezy
17	21	breezy
18	21	breezy
19	21	breezy
20	21	breezy
21	21	breezy
22	21	breezy
23	21	breezy
24	21	breezy
25	21	breezy
26	21	breezy
27	21	breezy
28	21	breezy
29	21	breezy
30	21	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:29 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 7:16 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:50	5:49	5:48
Sunset (PM)	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:29	6:50
2	12.4	6:27	6:51
3	12.4	6:26	6:52
4	12.5	6:24	6:53
5	12.5	6:23	6:54
6	12.6	6:21	6:54
7	12.6	6:20	6:55
8	12.6	6:18	6:56
9	12.7	6:17	6:57
10	12.7	6:15	6:58
11	12.8	6:14	6:59
12	12.8	6:12	7:00
13	12.8	6:11	7:01
14	12.9	6:09	7:02
15	12.9	6:08	7:03
16	13.0	6:06	7:03
17	13.0	6:05	7:04
18	13.0	6:04	7:05
19	13.1	6:02	7:06
20	13.1	6:01	7:07
21	13.1	5:59	7:08
22	13.2	5:58	7:09
23	13.2	5:57	7:10
24	13.3	5:55	7:11
25	13.3	5:54	7:12
26	13.3	5:53	7:12
27	13.4	5:52	7:13
28	13.4	5:50	7:14
29	13.4	5:49	7:15
30	13.5	5:48	7:16

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.31 kWh/m² to a high of 7.84 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 6.24 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.4	Intense
21	6.4	Intense
22	6.5	Intense
23	6.5	Intense
24	6.5	Intense
25	6.6	Intense
26	6.6	Intense
27	6.6	Intense
28	6.7	Intense
29	6.7	Intense
30	6.7	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Lagos?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.1

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

1.3

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Lagos for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lagos in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Lagos sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 14°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and a windbreaker. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layera windbreaker

Sea temperature near Lagos in April

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in September at about 20°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	15	15	16	17	19	19	20	20	19	18	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	15	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	17	Cool
Jun	19	Cool
Jul	19	Cool
Aug	20	Cool
Sep	20	Refreshing
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Lagos in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lagos peaks around July 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	7	8	7	9	10	9	6	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Lagos?

Lagos sits at 37.1°N, 8.7°W, 12 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Porto de Mós, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Lagos

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Lagos.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lagos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 253 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 894 m.

The land around Lagos is covered by water (37%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, water (48%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and water (51%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

106 m

water 37%

16 km

253 m

water 48%

80 km

894 m

water 51%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← March Lagos year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Porto de Mós 2.0 km · Portimão 13 km · Albufeira 38 km · Quarteira 51 km · Loulé 58 km · Faro 67 km · Olhão 74 km · Quelfes 76 km

Portugal travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / E / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 60% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $32,082; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 95%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 8.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 612
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Lagos (37.102°, -8.6742°, elevation 12 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	14
2	16	14
3	16	14
4	16	14
5	16	14
6	16	14
7	16	14
8	17	14
9	17	14
10	17	14
11	17	14
12	17	14
13	17	14
14	17	14
15	17	14
16	17	14
17	17	14
18	17	14
19	17	14
20	17	14
21	17	14
22	17	14
23	17	14
24	17	14
25	17	14
26	17	14
27	17	14
28	17	14
29	17	15
30	17	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	21
22	21
23	21
24	21
25	20
26	20
27	19
28	19
29	18
30	18

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	81	19	0
2	81	19	0
3	80	20	0
4	79	21	0
5	79	21	0
6	78	22	0
7	77	23	0
8	76	24	0
9	76	24	0
10	75	25	0
11	74	26	0
12	74	26	0
13	73	27	0
14	73	27	0
15	73	27	0
16	73	27	0
17	72	28	0
18	72	28	0
19	72	28	0
20	71	28	1
21	70	29	1
22	70	29	1
23	70	29	1
24	70	29	1
25	68	30	2
26	68	30	2
27	67	31	2
28	66	32	2
29	65	33	2
30	64	34	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	14
2	16	14
3	16	14
4	16	14
5	16	14
6	16	14
7	16	14
8	17	14
9	17	14
10	17	14
11	17	14
12	17	14
13	17	14
14	17	14
15	17	14
16	17	14
17	17	14
18	17	14
19	17	14
20	17	14
21	17	14
22	17	14
23	17	14
24	17	14
25	17	14
26	17	14
27	17	14
28	17	14
29	17	15
30	17	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	21
22	21
23	21
24	21
25	20
26	20
27	19
28	19
29	18
30	18

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	81	19	0
2	81	19	0
3	80	20	0
4	79	21	0
5	79	21	0
6	78	22	0
7	77	23	0
8	76	24	0
9	76	24	0
10	75	25	0
11	74	26	0
12	74	26	0
13	73	27	0
14	73	27	0
15	73	27	0
16	73	27	0
17	72	28	0
18	72	28	0
19	72	28	0
20	71	28	1
21	70	29	1
22	70	29	1
23	70	29	1
24	70	29	1
25	68	30	2
26	68	30	2
27	67	31	2
28	66	32	2
29	65	33	2
30	64	34	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	14
2	16	14
3	16	14
4	16	14
5	16	14
6	16	14
7	16	14
8	17	14
9	17	14
10	17	14
11	17	14
12	17	14
13	17	14
14	17	14
15	17	14
16	17	14
17	17	14
18	17	14
19	17	14
20	17	14
21	17	14
22	17	14
23	17	14
24	17	14
25	17	14
26	17	14
27	17	14
28	17	14
29	17	15
30	17	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	21
22	21
23	21
24	21
25	20
26	20
27	19
28	19
29	18
30	18

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	81	19	0
2	81	19	0
3	80	20	0
4	79	21	0
5	79	21	0
6	78	22	0
7	77	23	0
8	76	24	0
9	76	24	0
10	75	25	0
11	74	26	0
12	74	26	0
13	73	27	0
14	73	27	0
15	73	27	0
16	73	27	0
17	72	28	0
18	72	28	0
19	72	28	0
20	71	28	1
21	70	29	1
22	70	29	1
23	70	29	1
24	70	29	1
25	68	30	2
26	68	30	2
27	67	31	2
28	66	32	2
29	65	33	2
30	64	34	2