Climate averages 1991–2020
Calabar weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Calabar: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 187 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 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 Esuk Oron (19 km away). In March its highs average 30.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Calabar, with 202 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Calabar ranks 132nd of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 137th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Calabar is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 187 mm to 281 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
Calabar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 40 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 32.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 71 | 15.7 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 187 | 27.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 281 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 340 | 29.6 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 400 | 29.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 422 | 30.2 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 389 | 30.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 419 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 395 | 30.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 194 | 26.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 47 | 12.6 | 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
- Esuk Oron in MarchNigeria · 19 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Uyo in MarchNigeria · 45 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 170 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in MarchNigeria · 72 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in MarchNigeria · 93 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Ugep in MarchNigeria · 98 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Bende in MarchNigeria · 102 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Amaigbo in MarchNigeria · 107 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Aba in MarchNigeria · 108 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 165 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 Calabar) is explained once on the Calabar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.