Africa · Western Africa
Nigeria
47 cities in the atlas · 24 airports with scheduled flights
Photo: Wang-gp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Abuja
- Currency
- NGN
- Nigerian Naira
- Local time
- West Africa TimeUTC+01:00
- Calling code
- +234
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type D and G
Facts
Nigeria in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Abuja
- Currency
- Nigerian Naira NGNToday's indicative rate: NGN 1,000 ≈ USD 0.751Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: English and YorubaSpoken: English, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and Fulah
- Time zones
- West Africa TimeUTC+01:00
- Calling code
- +234
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type D and G230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 112general emergency199ambulance, fire and policeAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 237,527,782 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 923,768 km²
- Internet domain
- .ng
When to go
Climate across Nigeria
In November to March, more than half of the 46 cities with figures in Nigeria have a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abuja | 33° | 35° | 35° | 33° | 31° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 31° | 32° |
| Lagos | 29° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 29° |
| Ibadan | 30° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 30° |
| Port Harcourt | 30° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 30° |
| Benin City | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 30° |
| Maiduguri | 32° | 36° | 39° | 41° | 40° | 38° | 34° | 31° | 33° | 36° | 35° | 33° |
| Kaduna | 30° | 33° | 36° | 34° | 32° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 29° |
| Jos | 31° | 33° | 34° | 34° | 31° | 29° | 27° | 25° | 26° | 28° | 30° | 30° |
| Abeokuta | 30° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 30° |
| Aba | 30° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 30° |
| Cities good for going, of 46 | 36 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 37 |
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
Cities
Cities in Nigeria
All 47 places in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
- AbujaCapitalFCT2,690,000
- Lagos15,388,000
- KanoKano State4,910,000
- IbadanOyo State3,649,000
- Port HarcourtRivers State2,120,000
- KadunaKaduna State1,850,000
- Benin CityEdo State1,782,000
- OnitshaAnambra1,553,000
- AbaAbia State1,160,000
- MaiduguriBorno State1,110,000
- IlorinKwara State1,080,000
- Sokoto1,040,000
- JosPlateau State1,040,000
- ZariaKaduna State980,000
- EnuguEnugu State950,000
- WarriDelta910,000
- OyoOyo State736,072
- AbeokutaOgun State735,000
- AkureOndo State730,000
- Bauchi693,700
- AgegeLagos683,600
- KatsinaKatsina State670,000
- OsogboOsun State645,000
- Ile-IfeOsun State560,000
- GombeGombe State560,000
- OwerriImo State545,000
- CalabarCross River State540,000
- SaminakaKaduna State500,000
- OkeneKogi State479,178
- IkareOndo State465,000
More cities · 16
Smaller places with an airport · 1
Airports
Airports in Nigeria
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Large airports
- LOSMurtala Muhammed International AirportLagos
- KANMallam Aminu Kano International AirportKano
- ABVNnamdi Azikiwe International AirportAbuja
- PHCPort Harcourt International AirportPort Harcourt
- KADKaduna International AirportKaduna
- MIUMaiduguri International AirportMaiduguri
- ILRGeneral Tunde Idiagbon International AirportIlorin
- SKOSadiq Abubakar III International AirportSokoto
- ENUAkanu Ibiam International AirportEnugu
- BCUSir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International AirportBauchi
- ABBAsaba International AirportAsaba
Photographs
Nigeria in pictures
Photographs from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its author, with its licence.
AbujaPhoto: Ovinuchi Prince Ejiohuo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
LagosPhoto: Ernestblinqz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Nigeria
Tell us where in Nigeria, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.