Lekki climate

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Lekki is warmest in February, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 24 °C. June is the wettest month (290 mm) and January the driest (30 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Lekki averages 1,589 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.

Nigeria · population 401,272 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month February 30 °C
Coldest month August 24 °C
Driest month January 30 mm
Wettest month June 290 mm
Least cloud December 40 % cloud
Hottest on record February 34 °C
Coldest on record January 19 °C
Warmest sea May 29 °C

What to expectLekki through the year

Lekki has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in August to 30 °C in February, a swing of 3.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 84 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 290 mm against 30 mm in January — 9.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Lekki is warmest in May at 29 °C and coldest in August at 25 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.0 °C	30 mm	49 %
February	30.3 °C	43 mm	58 %
March	30.2 °C	85 mm	70 %
April	29.9 °C	125 mm	77 %
May	29.0 °C	211 mm	82 %
June	27.5 °C	290 mm	83 %
July	26.4 °C	205 mm	83 %
August	26.2 °C	135 mm	81 %
September	26.8 °C	195 mm	82 %
October	27.8 °C	164 mm	77 %
November	28.9 °C	75 mm	56 %
December	29.8 °C	32 mm	40 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.0 °C	25.0 °C	27.2 °C	33.6 °C	19.2 °C	31	15
February	30.3 °C	26.0 °C	27.8 °C	33.7 °C	20.9 °C	28	17
March	30.2 °C	26.7 °C	28.2 °C	32.9 °C	21.8 °C	31	18
April	29.9 °C	26.5 °C	28.0 °C	32.4 °C	23.7 °C	30	13
May	29.0 °C	25.8 °C	27.3 °C	32.0 °C	23.8 °C	31	4
June	27.5 °C	24.7 °C	26.0 °C	30.1 °C	23.3 °C	30	0
July	26.4 °C	24.1 °C	25.1 °C	28.2 °C	22.8 °C	30	0
August	26.2 °C	23.8 °C	24.8 °C	28.1 °C	22.4 °C	29	0
September	26.8 °C	24.1 °C	25.3 °C	28.8 °C	22.8 °C	30	0
October	27.8 °C	24.7 °C	26.1 °C	30.6 °C	22.8 °C	31	0
November	28.9 °C	25.6 °C	27.2 °C	32.0 °C	23.0 °C	30	3
December	29.8 °C	25.4 °C	27.5 °C	33.0 °C	21.2 °C	31	13

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	30 mm	8	12 h/day	49 %	77 %	16 km/h	27.9 °C
February	43 mm	11	12 h/day	58 %	80 %	18 km/h	28.4 °C
March	85 mm	19	12 h/day	70 %	81 %	18 km/h	28.9 °C
April	125 mm	21	12 h/day	77 %	82 %	17 km/h	29.0 °C
May	211 mm	26	12 h/day	82 %	84 %	15 km/h	29.1 °C
June	290 mm	28	12 h/day	83 %	86 %	16 km/h	28.0 °C
July	205 mm	25	12 h/day	83 %	86 %	18 km/h	26.2 °C
August	135 mm	19	12 h/day	81 %	86 %	19 km/h	25.4 °C
September	195 mm	25	12 h/day	82 %	87 %	17 km/h	26.2 °C
October	164 mm	26	12 h/day	77 %	86 %	14 km/h	27.6 °C
November	75 mm	18	12 h/day	56 %	83 %	14 km/h	28.7 °C
December	32 mm	10	12 h/day	40 %	79 %	15 km/h	28.5 °C

How Lekki compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Lekki	30 °C	24 °C	1,589 mm	362
Lagos · Nigeria	31 °C	24 °C	1,589 mm	362
Ajegunle · Nigeria	31 °C	24 °C	1,515 mm	362
Ebute Ikorodu · Nigeria	32 °C	23 °C	1,661 mm	362
Agege · Nigeria	32 °C	23 °C	1,497 mm	362
Ota · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	1,642 mm	361
Shagamu · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	1,811 mm	361

Where Lekki ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in May	5th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in November	8th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in April	10th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa year-round	12th of 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in December	13th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in February	18th of 50	28 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Lekki’s climate

When is the best time to visit Lekki?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Lekki get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 84 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 24 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Lekki?

June, averaging 290 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is January with 30 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,589 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Lekki rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 6.446°, 3.477° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.