March is dry but sticky
March flips a switch. Humidity jumps from around 55% in February to 75-80% by mid-March, and even though rain is rare, the air feels heavy. Daytime highs push 34-35°C. Air conditioning matters again. If your hotel has a pool, you’ll use it — this is when Radisson Blu Anchorage, The George in Ikate, and the pool at Oriental Hotel earn their room rates. Beach days are still fine at Ilashe and Tarkwa Bay because the sea breeze helps, but city walking in Victoria Island gets uncomfortable by noon.
Room rates in March are the last of the low-season prices. Serviced apartments in Chevron and Agungi go for ₦80,000-95,000 on Airbnb, boutique hotels in Lekki Phase 1 sit at ₦110,000-140,000, and the Marriott Ikeja for airport transits is around ₦160,000. Everything is open. No festivals to plan around, just steady weather.
Easter is the only crowd
Easter Friday through Monday is a proper Lagos long weekend. Landmark Beach fills up, La Campagne Tropicana in Ibeju-Lekki sells out its beach chalets months in advance, and boat trips to Tarkwa Bay book out. Restaurant reservations at Nok by Alara or Yellow Chilli become impossible without a week's notice. Hotels bump rates ₦20,000-40,000 for the weekend. Outside Easter itself, April is quiet, but the first heavy showers usually arrive in the last week — sudden 30-minute downpours that flood the Lekki-Epe Expressway around Ajah for an hour or two.
If you want the dry-season Lekki experience without paying peak, aim for the first two weeks of April. It's the last clean window before the wet season starts in earnest.
Bon à savoir
When does rainy season actually start?+
The first proper thunderstorms hit in late April, but daily rain doesn’t settle in until mid-May. Early April is still reliably dry.
Is Easter worth planning around?+
Only if you want the party atmosphere at Landmark or Ilashe. If you want quiet, come the week before or the week after.