Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaduna weather
in March.
A very 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 very hot month in Kaduna: daytime highs average 35.7°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.7 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 Zaria (72 km away). In March its highs average 35.7°C, about as warm as Kaduna, with 1.7 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kaduna ranks joint 40th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 31st of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Kaduna is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 35.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.7 mm to 28 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
Kaduna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 35.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 4.7 | 0.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 28 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 32.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 96 | 15.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 116 | 17.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 170 | 24.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 254 | 27.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 27.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 206 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 89 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 11.512 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
- Zaria in MarchNigeria · 72 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Funtua in MarchNigeria · 112 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Lere in MarchNigeria · 125 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Minna in MarchNigeria · 141 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Kafanchan in MarchNigeria · 141 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Malumfashi in MarchNigeria · 142 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Kagoro in MarchNigeria · 146 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Suleja in MarchNigeria · 152 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 24.5°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 Kaduna) is explained once on the Kaduna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.