Climate averages 1991–2020
Maradi weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Maradi: daytime highs average 37.1°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Katsina (78 km away). In March its highs average 36.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Maradi, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Maradi ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest March highs and joint 2nd of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 37.0°C; Maradi is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 39.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.5 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Maradi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 33.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 37.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 11 | 2.7 | 12.713 h |
| June | 37.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 23 | 5.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 65 | 12.0 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 129 | 15.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 33.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 51 | 8.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 8.8 | 1.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 34.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 30.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Katsina in MarchNigeria · 78 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Gusau in MarchNigeria · 155 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 20.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Malumfashi in MarchNigeria · 198 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in MarchNiger · 203 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Zinder in MarchNiger · 207 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Sokoto in MarchNigeria · 207 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Funtua in MarchNigeria · 221 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Kano in MarchNigeria · 227 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Maradi) is explained once on the Maradi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.