Climate averages 1991–2020
Abuja weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 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 Abuja: daytime highs average 36.0°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuje (35 km away). In March its highs average 36.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Abuja, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Abuja ranks 37th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 41st of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Abuja is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 52 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
Abuja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 5.3 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 36.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 19 | 3.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 52 | 9.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 130 | 18.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 195 | 23.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 256 | 28.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 26.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 314 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 285 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 137 | 20.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 9.6 | 1.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 33.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.612 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
- Kuje in MarchNigeria · 35 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Suleja in MarchNigeria · 37 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Keffi in MarchNigeria · 48 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Kafanchan in MarchNigeria · 105 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Kagoro in MarchNigeria · 116 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Minna in MarchNigeria · 121 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Lafia in MarchNigeria · 128 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Bida in MarchNigeria · 163 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 6.4 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 Abuja) is explained once on the Abuja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.