Climate averages 1991–2020
Gamboru weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Gamboru: daytime highs average 38.6°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is N'Djamena (96 km away). In March its highs average 39.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Gamboru, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gamboru ranks 7th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 1st of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Gamboru is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 41.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.0 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
Gamboru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 34.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 38.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 41.3°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 3.0 | 0.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 40.5°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 17 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 38.3°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 28 | 7.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 34.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 87 | 15.2 | 12.813 h |
| August | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 170 | 19.6 | 12.513 h |
| September | 33.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 66 | 9.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 10 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 31.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- N'Djamena in MarchChad · 96 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Bama in MarchNigeria · 110 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Maiduguri in MarchNigeria · 128 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Maroua in MarchCameroon · 199 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Mubi in MarchNigeria · 255 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Guider in MarchCameroon · 273 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Biu in MarchNigeria · 294 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Daura in MarchNigeria · 318 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 0.3 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 Gamboru) is explained once on the Gamboru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.