Climate averages 1991–2020
Ile-Ife weather
in March.
A 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 hot month in Ile-Ife: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 16 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 Gbongan (23 km away). In March its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Ile-Ife, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ile-Ife ranks joint 97th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 92nd of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Ile-Ife is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 103 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
Ile-Ife climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 29 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 33.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 72 | 15.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 103 | 19.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 168 | 24.4 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 204 | 26.9 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 193 | 27.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 185 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 218 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 165 | 25.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 39 | 9.8 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 9.4 | 2.5 | 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
- Gbongan in MarchNigeria · 23 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Ilesa in MarchNigeria · 26 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Ede in MarchNigeria · 31 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Osogbo in MarchNigeria · 32 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Modakeke in MarchNigeria · 35 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Ilobu in MarchNigeria · 40 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Ikire in MarchNigeria · 43 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Efon-Alaaye in MarchNigeria · 44 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 78 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 Ile-Ife) is explained once on the Ile-Ife year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.