Climate averages 1991–2020
Ilorin weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 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 Ilorin: daytime highs average 36.9°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Offa (43 km away). In March its highs average 34.2°C, 2.7°C cooler than Ilorin, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ilorin ranks joint 27th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 46th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Ilorin is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 35.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 50 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
Ilorin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 4.5 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 36.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 22 | 4.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 50 | 9.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 87 | 15.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 115 | 19.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 128 | 21.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 152 | 20.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 157 | 21.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 78 | 15.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 5.2 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.612 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
- Offa in MarchNigeria · 43 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Ogbomoso in MarchNigeria · 52 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Oyan in MarchNigeria · 55 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Ikirun in MarchNigeria · 66 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Ila Orangun in MarchNigeria · 67 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Ejigbo in MarchNigeria · 71 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Ilobu in MarchNigeria · 73 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Inisa in MarchNigeria · 76 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 53 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 Ilorin) is explained once on the Ilorin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.