Climate averages 1991–2020
Kontagora 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 Kontagora: daytime highs average 38.0°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 3.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 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 Minna (147 km away). In March its highs average 37.7°C, about as warm as Kontagora, with 7.9 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kontagora ranks joint 12th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 29th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Kontagora is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 37.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.6 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
Kontagora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 38.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 3.6 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 81 | 12.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 109 | 14.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 212 | 24.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 312 | 27.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 192 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 58 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.1 | 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
- Minna in MarchNigeria · 147 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Bida in MarchNigeria · 159 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Lafiagi in MarchNigeria · 172 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 25.3°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Kaduna in MarchNigeria · 216 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Kisi in MarchNigeria · 230 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Suleja in MarchNigeria · 231 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Jega in MarchNigeria · 235 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Ilorin in MarchNigeria · 235 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 22 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 Kontagora) is explained once on the Kontagora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.