Lagos Weather in August
Lagos in August
The short of it: Lagos in August averages a high of 28 °C (83 °F) and a low of 23 °C (73 °F), with 85 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 23° · rain 85 mm · daylight 12 h 20 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Lagos an average August high of 28°, a low of 23° and some 85 mm of rain. Lagos's coldest stretch of the year, 28° by day and 23° by night. Wet spells are common — about 85 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 20 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Lagos runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Obalende, 2 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
August in Lagos, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 109 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h