Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafia 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 Lafia: daytime highs average 37.2°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 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 Keffi (81 km away). In March its highs average 36.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Lafia, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lafia ranks joint 21st of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 35th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Lafia is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 35.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 34 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
Lafia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 2.9 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 37.2°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 12 | 2.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.4°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 34 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 94 | 13.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 140 | 19.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 185 | 25.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 252 | 27.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 190 | 23.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 79 | 14.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°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
- Keffi in MarchNigeria · 81 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Makurdi in MarchNigeria · 85 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 26.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Kafanchan in MarchNigeria · 123 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Kagoro in MarchNigeria · 125 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Abuja in MarchNigeria · 128 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Gboko in MarchNigeria · 141 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Kuje in MarchNigeria · 148 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Wukari in MarchNigeria · 155 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 12 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 Lafia) is explained once on the Lafia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.