Lagos weather in January

In January, Lagos sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 54 mm of rain across 7.7 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Lagos's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lagos's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 54 mm; 7.7 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 42 min; 7:53 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 11th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.65 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; 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 January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical January day in Lagos reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	13
2	15	13
3	15	13
4	15	13
5	15	13
6	15	13
7	15	13
8	15	13
9	15	13
10	15	12
11	15	12
12	15	12
13	15	12
14	15	12
15	15	12
16	15	12
17	15	12
18	15	12
19	15	12
20	15	12
21	15	12
22	15	12
23	15	12
24	15	12
25	15	12
26	15	12
27	15	12
28	15	12
29	15	12
30	15	12
31	15	12

Lagos weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 4th-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 January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. 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	31
Clearer (%)	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	58	58	58	59	59	60	60	60	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	61
Cloudier (%)	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	42	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	61	39
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	62	38
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	61	39
31	61	39

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Lagos gets around 54 mm of rain over 7.7 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 25% and peaks near 27% 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	31
Rain chance (%)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	27
4	27
5	27
6	27
7	27
8	27
9	27
10	26
11	26
12	26
13	26
14	26
15	25
16	25
17	25
18	24
19	24
20	24
21	24
22	23
23	23
24	23
25	23
26	23
27	23
28	23
29	23
30	23
31	23

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 88% 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	31
Dry (%)	81	81	81	82	83	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91
Comfortable (%)	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Humid (%)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	81	17	2
2	81	17	2
3	81	17	2
4	82	17	1
5	83	16	1
6	83	16	1
7	84	15	1
8	85	14	1
9	86	14	0
10	87	13	0
11	88	12	0
12	89	11	0
13	89	11	0
14	90	10	0
15	90	10	0
16	91	9	0
17	91	9	0
18	91	9	0
19	92	8	0
20	92	8	0
21	92	8	0
22	92	8	0
23	92	8	0
24	92	8	0
25	92	8	0
26	91	9	0
27	91	9	0
28	91	9	0
29	91	9	0
30	91	9	0
31	91	9	0

Wind in January

Winds average 20 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 20 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	20	breezy
2	20	breezy
3	20	breezy
4	20	breezy
5	20	breezy
6	20	breezy
7	20	light breeze
8	20	light breeze
9	20	light breeze
10	20	light breeze
11	20	light breeze
12	20	light breeze
13	20	light breeze
14	20	light breeze
15	20	light breeze
16	20	light breeze
17	20	light breeze
18	20	light breeze
19	20	light breeze
20	20	light breeze
21	20	breezy
22	20	breezy
23	20	breezy
24	20	breezy
25	20	breezy
26	20	breezy
27	20	breezy
28	20	breezy
29	21	breezy
30	21	breezy
31	21	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:53 AM to 7:45 AM, and sunset from 5:23 PM to 5:51 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	31
Daylight (h)	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:51	7:51	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:48	7:47	7:47	7:46	7:45
Sunset (PM)	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.5	7:53	5:23
2	9.5	7:53	5:23
3	9.5	7:53	5:24
4	9.5	7:54	5:25
5	9.5	7:54	5:26
6	9.5	7:54	5:26
7	9.6	7:54	5:27
8	9.6	7:54	5:28
9	9.6	7:54	5:29
10	9.6	7:54	5:30
11	9.6	7:54	5:31
12	9.6	7:53	5:32
13	9.7	7:53	5:33
14	9.7	7:53	5:33
15	9.7	7:53	5:34
16	9.7	7:53	5:35
17	9.7	7:52	5:36
18	9.8	7:52	5:37
19	9.8	7:52	5:38
20	9.8	7:51	5:39
21	9.8	7:51	5:40
22	9.8	7:50	5:41
23	9.9	7:50	5:42
24	9.9	7:50	5:43
25	9.9	7:49	5:44
26	10.0	7:48	5:45
27	10.0	7:48	5:47
28	10.0	7:47	5:48
29	10.0	7:47	5:49
30	10.1	7:46	5:50
31	10.1	7:45	5:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.65 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 — January's 2.65 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.4	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.6	Moderate
14	2.6	Moderate
15	2.6	Moderate
16	2.6	Moderate
17	2.6	Moderate
18	2.7	Moderate
19	2.7	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.8	Moderate
23	2.8	Moderate
24	2.9	Moderate
25	2.9	Moderate
26	2.9	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Lagos?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Lagos for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lagos in January

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

In January, Lagos sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Lagos in January

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in January — 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 January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. 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

← December Lagos year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January 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	15	13
2	15	13
3	15	13
4	15	13
5	15	13
6	15	13
7	15	13
8	15	13
9	15	13
10	15	12
11	15	12
12	15	12
13	15	12
14	15	12
15	15	12
16	15	12
17	15	12
18	15	12
19	15	12
20	15	12
21	15	12
22	15	12
23	15	12
24	15	12
25	15	12
26	15	12
27	15	12
28	15	12
29	15	12
30	15	12
31	15	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	61	39
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	62	38
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	61	39
31	61	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	27
4	27
5	27
6	27
7	27
8	27
9	27
10	26
11	26
12	26
13	26
14	26
15	25
16	25
17	25
18	24
19	24
20	24
21	24
22	23
23	23
24	23
25	23
26	23
27	23
28	23
29	23
30	23
31	23

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	81	17	2
2	81	17	2
3	81	17	2
4	82	17	1
5	83	16	1
6	83	16	1
7	84	15	1
8	85	14	1
9	86	14	0
10	87	13	0
11	88	12	0
12	89	11	0
13	89	11	0
14	90	10	0
15	90	10	0
16	91	9	0
17	91	9	0
18	91	9	0
19	92	8	0
20	92	8	0
21	92	8	0
22	92	8	0
23	92	8	0
24	92	8	0
25	92	8	0
26	91	9	0
27	91	9	0
28	91	9	0
29	91	9	0
30	91	9	0
31	91	9	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	13
2	15	13
3	15	13
4	15	13
5	15	13
6	15	13
7	15	13
8	15	13
9	15	13
10	15	12
11	15	12
12	15	12
13	15	12
14	15	12
15	15	12
16	15	12
17	15	12
18	15	12
19	15	12
20	15	12
21	15	12
22	15	12
23	15	12
24	15	12
25	15	12
26	15	12
27	15	12
28	15	12
29	15	12
30	15	12
31	15	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	61	39
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	62	38
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	61	39
31	61	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	27
4	27
5	27
6	27
7	27
8	27
9	27
10	26
11	26
12	26
13	26
14	26
15	25
16	25
17	25
18	24
19	24
20	24
21	24
22	23
23	23
24	23
25	23
26	23
27	23
28	23
29	23
30	23
31	23

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	81	17	2
2	81	17	2
3	81	17	2
4	82	17	1
5	83	16	1
6	83	16	1
7	84	15	1
8	85	14	1
9	86	14	0
10	87	13	0
11	88	12	0
12	89	11	0
13	89	11	0
14	90	10	0
15	90	10	0
16	91	9	0
17	91	9	0
18	91	9	0
19	92	8	0
20	92	8	0
21	92	8	0
22	92	8	0
23	92	8	0
24	92	8	0
25	92	8	0
26	91	9	0
27	91	9	0
28	91	9	0
29	91	9	0
30	91	9	0
31	91	9	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	13
2	15	13
3	15	13
4	15	13
5	15	13
6	15	13
7	15	13
8	15	13
9	15	13
10	15	12
11	15	12
12	15	12
13	15	12
14	15	12
15	15	12
16	15	12
17	15	12
18	15	12
19	15	12
20	15	12
21	15	12
22	15	12
23	15	12
24	15	12
25	15	12
26	15	12
27	15	12
28	15	12
29	15	12
30	15	12
31	15	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	61	39
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	62	38
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	61	39
31	61	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	27
4	27
5	27
6	27
7	27
8	27
9	27
10	26
11	26
12	26
13	26
14	26
15	25
16	25
17	25
18	24
19	24
20	24
21	24
22	23
23	23
24	23
25	23
26	23
27	23
28	23
29	23
30	23
31	23

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	81	17	2
2	81	17	2
3	81	17	2
4	82	17	1
5	83	16	1
6	83	16	1
7	84	15	1
8	85	14	1
9	86	14	0
10	87	13	0
11	88	12	0
12	89	11	0
13	89	11	0
14	90	10	0
15	90	10	0
16	91	9	0
17	91	9	0
18	91	9	0
19	92	8	0
20	92	8	0
21	92	8	0
22	92	8	0
23	92	8	0
24	92	8	0
25	92	8	0
26	91	9	0
27	91	9	0
28	91	9	0
29	91	9	0
30	91	9	0
31	91	9	0