Climate averages 1991–2020
Aku weather
in March.
A 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 hot month in Aku: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 12 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 Nsukka (19 km away). In March its highs average 33.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Aku, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Aku ranks joint 76th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 89th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Aku is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 mm to 132 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
Aku climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 9.9 | 2.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 34.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 23 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 33.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 71 | 12.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 132 | 17.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 218 | 24.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 267 | 26.9 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 247 | 28.5 | 12.512 h |
| August | 27.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 244 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 295 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 264 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 60 | 8.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 7.8 | 1.6 | 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
- Nsukka in MarchNigeria · 19 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Enugu in MarchNigeria · 36 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in MarchNigeria · 49 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Awka in MarchNigeria · 62 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Agulu in MarchNigeria · 73 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Effium in MarchNigeria · 82 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Nkpor in MarchNigeria · 82 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Igbo-Ukwu in MarchNigeria · 84 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 100 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 Aku) is explained once on the Aku year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.