Lagos
City in Nigeria: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Skywater: Ernestblinqz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Lagos is a city in Nigeria. About 15.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Nigeria in our atlas.
It lies at 6.45° N, 3.39° E, about 11 m (36 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lagos time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Lagos. Green dots: other major cities of Nigeria. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Lagos has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 23°C (73°F). Around 1,545 mm (61 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in NigeriaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Ibadan · 117 km
- Benin City · 246 km
- Ilorin · 260 km
- Onitsha · 376 km
- Port Harcourt · 440 km
- Enugu · 453 km
- Aba · 463 km
- Abuja · 537 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2332459 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q8673 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Skywater: Ernestblinqz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Statue of a woman carrying a baby in National Museum Centre-Lagos: Omoeko Media, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Onikan Stadium: Comradeayobami, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Main-bowl-teslim-balogun-stadium-surulere-lagos: S.aderogba, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Outside Nike Art Gallery (4202980259): Jeremy Weate, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Tree Growing on Fence of Freedom Park in Lagos: Solasly, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Iga iduganran: Yeniajayiii, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Wide view of National Theater, Iganmu, Lagos: Omoeko Media, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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