Climate averages 1991–2020
Ikom weather
in March.
A very hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Ikom: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the 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 Ugep (71 km away). In March its highs average 33.6°C, about as warm as Ikom, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ikom ranks joint 62nd of 143 for the warmest March highs and 118th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Ikom is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 203 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
Ikom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 17 | 3.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 34 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 34.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 99 | 15.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 203 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 282 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 321 | 28.0 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 296 | 29.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 307 | 28.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 356 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 359 | 29.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 114 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.812 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
- Ugep in MarchNigeria · 71 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Abakaliki in MarchNigeria · 77 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Afikpo in MarchNigeria · 86 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Isieke in MarchNigeria · 87 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Amaigbo in MarchNigeria · 98 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Effium in MarchNigeria · 103 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in MarchNigeria · 106 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Calabar in MarchNigeria · 120 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 187 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 Ikom) is explained once on the Ikom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.