Climate averages 1991–2020
Kafanchan 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 Kafanchan: daytime highs average 35.1°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 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 Kagoro (11 km away). In March its highs average 34.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kafanchan, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kafanchan ranks 47th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 39th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Kafanchan is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 57 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
Kafanchan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 34.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 35.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 15 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 57 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 134 | 20.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 184 | 25.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 25.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 253 | 28.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 25.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 333 | 29.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 26.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 236 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 105 | 17.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 32.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 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
- Kagoro in MarchNigeria · 11 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Jos in MarchNigeria · 76 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Keffi in MarchNigeria · 94 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Lere in MarchNigeria · 95 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Abuja in MarchNigeria · 105 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Lafia in MarchNigeria · 123 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Suleja in MarchNigeria · 130 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Kuje in MarchNigeria · 141 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.3°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 Kafanchan) is explained once on the Kafanchan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.