Climate averages 1991–2020
Abeokuta weather
in March.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd 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 Abeokuta: daytime highs average 34.1°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Igbo-Ora (32 km away). In March its highs average 34.0°C, about as warm as Abeokuta, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Abeokuta ranks joint 60th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 70th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Abeokuta is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 92 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
Abeokuta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 14 | 4.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 27 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 34.1°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 60 | 14.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 92 | 17.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 149 | 24.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 175 | 25.9 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 164 | 25.3 | 12.512 h |
| August | 28.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 147 | 23.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 159 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 124 | 23.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 32 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 11 | 3.0 | 11.712 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
- Igbo-Ora in MarchNigeria · 32 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Ifo in MarchNigeria · 41 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in MarchNigeria · 46 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Shagamu in MarchNigeria · 48 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Ota in MarchNigeria · 53 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Agege in MarchNigeria · 60 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Ebute Ikorodu in MarchNigeria · 64 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Ibadan in MarchNigeria · 67 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 61 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 Abeokuta) is explained once on the Abeokuta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.