Climate averages 1991–2020
Kagoro 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 Kagoro: daytime highs average 34.5°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, 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 Kafanchan (11 km away). In March its highs average 35.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kagoro, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kagoro ranks 56th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 37th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Kagoro is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 70 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
Kagoro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 34.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 70 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 189 | 24.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 260 | 28.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 25.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 324 | 30.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 396 | 30.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 26.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 323 | 29.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 167 | 20.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 6.0 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 31.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.6 | 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
- Kafanchan in MarchNigeria · 11 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Jos in MarchNigeria · 66 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Lere in MarchNigeria · 89 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Keffi in MarchNigeria · 102 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Abuja in MarchNigeria · 116 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Lafia in MarchNigeria · 125 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Suleja in MarchNigeria · 141 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Kaduna in MarchNigeria · 146 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 4.7 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 Kagoro) is explained once on the Kagoro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.