Climate averages 1991–2020
Gboko weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd 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 Gboko: daytime highs average 35.9°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 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 Makurdi (70 km away). In March its highs average 37.1°C, 1.3°C warmer than Gboko, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gboko ranks joint 38th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 44th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Gboko is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 55 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
Gboko climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 8.1 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 35.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 20 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 55 | 8.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 108 | 15.4 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 114 | 18.4 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 142 | 22.8 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 192 | 25.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 191 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 145 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 20 | 3.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 2.4 | 0.4 | 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
- Makurdi in MarchNigeria · 70 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 26.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Wukari in MarchNigeria · 105 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Effium in MarchNigeria · 129 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Lafia in MarchNigeria · 141 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Abakaliki in MarchNigeria · 148 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Isieke in MarchNigeria · 149 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Ikom in MarchNigeria · 154 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in MarchNigeria · 156 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 37 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 Gboko) is explained once on the Gboko year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.