Nigeria: weather & best time to visit
6 destinations with long-term climate data. Best time to visit overall: December – January.
Weather by month
Daytime highs and sea temperatures range across the destinations; the score is their average. Best months are marked.
| Month | Score | Air | Sea | Best weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JanuaryJan | 52 | 29–34° | 28–29° | Kano |
| FebruaryFeb | 42 | 31–36° | 29° | Kano |
| MarchMar | 34 | 31–36° | 29° | Kano |
| AprilApr | 36 | 30–39° | 29° | Kano |
| MayMay | 39 | 29–38° | 29° | Kano |
| JuneJun | 42 | 28–35° | 28° | Lagos |
| JulyJul | 48 | 27–31° | 26–27° | Lagos |
| AugustAug | 50 | 27–29° | 26° | Lagos |
| SeptemberSep | 47 | 27–31° | 26–27° | Lagos |
| OctoberOct | 46 | 28–33° | 28° | Kano |
| NovemberNov | 50 | 29–33° | 28–29° | Kano |
| DecemberDec | 56 | 30–34° | 29° | Kano |
Destinations6
Nigeria month by month
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- Algeria3
- Angola1
- Benin1
- Botswana1
- Burkina Faso1
- Burundi1
- Cameroon2
- Cape Verde3
- Central African Republic1
- Chad1
- Comoros1
- Djibouti1
- DR Congo1
- Egypt13
- Equatorial Guinea3
- Eritrea1
- Eswatini1
- Ethiopia2
- Gabon1
- Gambia1
- Ghana2
- Guinea1
- Guinea-Bissau1
- Ivory Coast2
- Kenya3
- Liberia1
- Libya3
- Madagascar1
- Mali2
- Mauritania1
- Mauritius2
- Morocco11
- Mozambique1
- Namibia4
- Niger1
- Republic of the Congo1
- Réunion1
- Rwanda1
- São Tomé and Príncipe1
- Senegal1
- Seychelles1
- Sierra Leone1
- Somalia2
- South Africa10
- South Sudan1
- Sudan1
- Tanzania5
- Togo1
- Tunisia7
- Uganda2
- Western Sahara2
- Zambia1
- Zimbabwe1
Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences