When to go · Lagos
Lagos in December
Mixed month. Dry, but concerts and holidays make flights, hotels and roads very busy.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Mixed
- Temperature
- 32°C (90°F)90°F (32°C) / 24°C (75°F)75°F (24°C)
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 3
- Crowds
- High
- Nigeria overall
- Prices
- High
- Nigeria overall
Verdict
Dry, but concerts and holidays make flights, hotels and roads very busy.
All twelve months in one grid — weather, crowds and prices, with gaps left as unknown.
Is another month better than December?
December is rated mixed. These months rate higher:
Weather in December
- LagosHighs around 32 °C (90 °F), lows around 24 °C (75 °F), rain on about 3 daysHighs around 90 °F (32 °C), lows around 75 °F (24 °C), rain on about 3 days
- Lagos and the south-west coast, Nigeria · Lagos, Abeokuta, Ibadanbest weather
Two rainy peaks (June, then September–October) with a short dry break in August; floods in Lagos after heavy storms.
Dry season season
The easiest months to move around; clear evenings.
Watch: Heat, humidity and harmattan dust some weeks; December is the busiest month.
Festivals and holidays
Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.
Detty December check
Most of December · Citywide
Concerts and parties; flights, hotels and roads are at their busiest and dearest.
Calabar Carnival and Detty December big impact
Dec · Nigeria
Street parades in Calabar; concerts and parties in Lagos; flights sell out.
Christmas and Boxing Day big impact
25–26 Dec · Nigeria
Mass travel to home towns; roads jammed.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Nigeria overall
- High
- Prices · Nigeria overall
- High
Nigeria overall: Detty December in Lagos and the Calabar Carnival: book flights and hotels months ahead.
High-price month: see what to book ahead.
Compare two months
Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in Lagos, side by side.
Verdict
Dec: Mixed
Jan: Great (better)
Daytime high
Dec: 32 °C (90 °F)90 °F (32 °C)
Jan: 32 °C (90 °F)90 °F (32 °C)
Night low
Dec: 24 °C (75 °F)75 °F (24 °C)
Jan: 24 °C (75 °F)75 °F (24 °C)
Rain days
Dec: 3
Jan: 3
Crowds
Dec: High
Jan: Medium
Prices
Dec: High
Jan: High
Festivals listed
Dec: 3
Jan: 0
December: Dry, but concerts and holidays make flights, hotels and roads very busy.
January: Dry; harmattan haze and dust some weeks.
Lagos: figures are long-term averages from this guide, not a forecast.
What to pack
- Light, breathable clothes, a sun hat and sunscreen