Climate averages 1991–2020
Epe weather
in March.
A hot, 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 Epe: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a 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 Ijebu Ode (27 km away). In March its highs average 31.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Epe, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Epe ranks joint 133rd of 143 for the warmest March highs and 112th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Epe is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 141 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
Epe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 30 | 8.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 46 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 30.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 95 | 21.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 141 | 22.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 229 | 28.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 308 | 28.6 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 267 | 26.8 | 12.512 h |
| August | 26.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 185 | 22.7 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 230 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 195 | 27.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 86 | 20.4 | 11.812 h |
| December | 30.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 33 | 11.1 | 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
- Ijebu Ode in MarchNigeria · 27 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Ijebu-Igbo in MarchNigeria · 43 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 104 mm rain
- Shagamu in MarchNigeria · 47 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Ebute Ikorodu in MarchNigeria · 55 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Lekki in MarchNigeria · 58 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 91 mm rain
- Lagos in MarchNigeria · 67 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Agege in MarchNigeria · 72 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Ajegunle in MarchNigeria · 74 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 26.3°C · 81 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 Epe) is explained once on the Epe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.