🇳🇬 Lagos, Nigeria
Lagos is one of the largest population centres on Earth. Real-Earth coordinates 6.445°, 3.390°, population 9,466,000. Skyline in every direction and an approach that never quite ends — one of the more demanding places to fly low and fast. Skydex flies the real Earth here — the elevation, coastline and city layout under the aircraft come from the same data the map does, and the sky is shared with everyone else flying it.
Airports near Lagos within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS) · 17 km · 451 flights in 30 days
- Cadjehoun Airport (COO) · 112 km · 33 flights in 30 days
Flights are airline flight numbers our receivers heard heading to or from the airport, once a day each — not runway movements. All airports
Activity in Lagos
Flying conditions in Lagos
Sunrise 06:35 · Sunset 18:25 · 11 h 51 m of daylight (local time)
Verdict weighs gusts, precipitation and cold — the things that actually decide whether a drone or a bird has a good time up there. Sunrise and sunset are computed from the city's coordinates, not forecast. Forecast issued 2026-11-11 03:03 UTC and refreshed live in your browser. Weather by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Flying weather in Lagos through the year
November in Lagos averages 27.5°C with winds around 14 km/h, and roughly 75% of days are good for flying — about 16 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: February, December, March; June is the most restricted at 18% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°C | 15 km/h | 11 | 82% |
| February | 28.3°C | 16 km/h | 9 | 89% |
| March | 28.7°C | 18 km/h | 11 | 84% |
| April | 28.5°C | 16 km/h | 17 | 57% |
| May | 28.1°C | 16 km/h | 21 | 47% |
| June | 26.8°C | 15 km/h | 28 | 18% |
| July | 25.8°C | 20 km/h | 19 | 54% |
| August | 25.3°C | 21 km/h | 21 | 66% |
| September | 25.8°C | 18 km/h | 25 | 43% |
| October | 26.4°C | 15 km/h | 23 | 47% |
| November | 27.5°C | 14 km/h | 16 | 75% |
| December | 27.9°C | 15 km/h | 7 | 87% |
Based on ERA5 reanalysis. “Good to fly” counts days without strong wind, real rain or hard frost — the conditions that actually ground a drone.
Recent activity in Lagos
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What you can do here
- Fly Lagos in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 6.445°, 3.390° — keyboard and mouse, a gamepad, or a real RC transmitter over USB.
- Check the weather first: live wind, gusts and cloud over the city, plus the month-by-month flyable-days table above.
- Watch real traffic — aircraft overhead and ships on the water come from live ADS-B and AIS feeds, not from a script.
- Meet other pilots in the same sky: city chat room, radio, and the walkie-talkie frequency for Lagos.