Climate averages 1991–2020
Afikpo weather
in March.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Afikpo: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 4th 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 Amaigbo (16 km away). In March its highs average 34.0°C, about as warm as Afikpo, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Afikpo ranks joint 62nd of 143 for the warmest March highs and 67th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Afikpo is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 120 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
Afikpo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 6.3 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 16 | 3.0 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 34.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 54 | 10.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 120 | 17.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 177 | 24.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 215 | 26.1 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 207 | 27.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 221 | 25.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 234 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 208 | 26.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 54 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 5.4 | 1.1 | 11.812 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
- Amaigbo in MarchNigeria · 16 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Ugep in MarchNigeria · 19 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in MarchNigeria · 34 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Bende in MarchNigeria · 50 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Abakaliki in MarchNigeria · 52 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Isieke in MarchNigeria · 56 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Umuahia in MarchNigeria · 64 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Okigwe in MarchNigeria · 65 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 96 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 Afikpo) is explained once on the Afikpo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.