Climate averages 1991–2020
Igbo-Ora weather
in March.
A very hot, moderately 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 very hot month in Igbo-Ora: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately 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 Orita-Eruwa (22 km away). In March its highs average 34.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Igbo-Ora, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Igbo-Ora ranks joint 62nd of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 62nd of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Igbo-Ora is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 84 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
Igbo-Ora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 9.5 | 2.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 21 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 34.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 50 | 11.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 84 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 140 | 22.3 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 173 | 24.8 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 169 | 24.8 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 155 | 22.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 161 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 111 | 19.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 21 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 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
- Orita-Eruwa in MarchNigeria · 22 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Abeokuta in MarchNigeria · 32 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Ibadan in MarchNigeria · 68 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Iseyin in MarchNigeria · 69 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Ifo in MarchNigeria · 70 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Fiditi in MarchNigeria · 76 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Shagamu in MarchNigeria · 76 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Ota in MarchNigeria · 83 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 96 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 Igbo-Ora) is explained once on the Igbo-Ora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.