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Last and first frost dates in Lagos

Nigeria

Lagos had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Lagos

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Lagos

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Ibadan120 km——
Benin City247 km——
Ilorin260 km——
Port Harcourt442 km——
Enugu455 km——

Weather in Lagos by month

Average weather in Lagos over 2016–2025: the warmest month is January. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (27.1–31.8 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: November–May (30.1–31.8 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in August, average 23.7 °C. About 1360 mm of rain falls in a year, on 228 days; June is the wettest month (240 mm) and January the driest (15 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January31.824.5155
February31.825.6288
March31.126.47518
April30.926.47417
May30.125.814523
June28.324.524027
July27.32418727
August27.123.713725
September27.623.922827
October28.724.515826
November30.225.35417
December31.524.8198

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).