Climate averages 1991–2020
Jos weather
in March.
A hot, very 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 hot month in Jos: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very 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 Lere (62 km away). In March its highs average 34.7°C, 2.7°C warmer than Jos, with 2.3 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jos ranks 115th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 30th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Jos is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.6 mm to 39 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
Jos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 1.9 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 32.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 4.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 39 | 6.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 131 | 17.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 26.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 223 | 26.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 24.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 264 | 28.6 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 306 | 28.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 25.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 185 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 47 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 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
- Lere in MarchNigeria · 62 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Kagoro in MarchNigeria · 66 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Kafanchan in MarchNigeria · 76 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Bauchi in MarchNigeria · 113 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Keffi in MarchNigeria · 164 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Lafia in MarchNigeria · 165 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Kaduna in MarchNigeria · 172 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Abuja in MarchNigeria · 181 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 19 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 Jos) is explained once on the Jos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.