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The features of changing climate and its variability are becoming increasingly evident in different parts of the world. Lagos Mega-city in Nigeria is not an exception. Thereby, this study engaged both quantitative and qualitative surveys to examine the features of changing climate and its variability through the perception of the respondents in Lagos Mega-city, Nigeria. The research acquired data on the extent of the awareness and degree of contributions of socio-community features to changing climate and its variability through engagement of a structured questionnaire used to collect responses from 400 adult households that were randomly selected in 3 purposeful chosen communities in the Mega-city. Also, supplementary data was collected from the focus group discussions conducted on community leaders and fishmongers in the communities. The results from the participants portray through their perceptions that majority of the respondents were aware of change in annual climate parameters and patterns which included rainfall, temperature and frequency of flooding in the city. It also reveals that most of them had low understanding or knowledge of the extent or degree of contribution of various socio-community features to climate variability and change. In the end, the study proposes sustainable environmental management practises alongside a policy push supporting improved and increased knowledge of the awareness of changing climate and its contributing factors to encourage the building of resilience in the city.