Climate averages 1991–2020
Effium weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry 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 very hot month in Effium: daytime highs average 35.2°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry 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 Isieke (28 km away). In March its highs average 35.2°C, about as warm as Effium, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Effium ranks joint 45th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 48th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Effium is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 90 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
Effium climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 36.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 10 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 35.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 31 | 5.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 90 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 153 | 20.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 211 | 23.7 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 211 | 26.6 | 12.512 h |
| August | 28.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 230 | 26.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 241 | 26.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 169 | 23.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 28 | 5.4 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 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
- Isieke in MarchNigeria · 28 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in MarchNigeria · 33 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Abakaliki in MarchNigeria · 35 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Enugu in MarchNigeria · 65 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Nsukka in MarchNigeria · 77 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Aku in MarchNigeria · 82 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Afikpo in MarchNigeria · 83 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Ugep in MarchNigeria · 91 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 73 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 Effium) is explained once on the Effium year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.