Climate averages 1991–2020
Bida weather
in March.
A very hot, very 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 Bida: daytime highs average 38.3°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very 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 Lafiagi (70 km away). In March its highs average 38.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Bida, with 8.9 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Bida ranks 11th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 32nd of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Bida is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 37.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.4 mm to 29 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
Bida climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 38.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 6.4 | 1.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 29 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 34.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 75 | 12.2 | 12.513 h |
| June | 31.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 120 | 17.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 185 | 22.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 238 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 211 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 75 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 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
- Lafiagi in MarchNigeria · 70 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 25.3°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Minna in MarchNigeria · 84 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Suleja in MarchNigeria · 129 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Kuje in MarchNigeria · 136 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Ode in MarchNigeria · 147 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Kontagora in MarchNigeria · 159 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Abuja in MarchNigeria · 163 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Ipoti in MarchNigeria · 169 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 78 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 Bida) is explained once on the Bida year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.