Climate averages 1991–2020
Buguma weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 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 Buguma: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 192 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes March a very 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 Port Harcourt (17 km away). In March its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Buguma, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Buguma ranks 138th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 139th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Buguma is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 192 mm to 245 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
Buguma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 57 | 13.1 | 11.912 h |
| February | 31.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 90 | 17.4 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 30.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 192 | 26.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 245 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 292 | 29.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 354 | 29.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 327 | 28.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 259 | 28.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 337 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 349 | 30.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 187 | 26.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 62 | 15.8 | 11.912 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
- Port Harcourt in MarchNigeria · 17 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 177 mm rain
- Okrika in MarchNigeria · 25 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 177 mm rain
- Ogbia in MarchNigeria · 61 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 218 mm rain
- Yenagoa in MarchNigeria · 69 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Aba in MarchNigeria · 69 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 165 mm rain
- Owerri in MarchNigeria · 85 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 134 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in MarchNigeria · 107 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Umuahia in MarchNigeria · 112 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 103 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 Buguma) is explained once on the Buguma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.