Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafiagi 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 Lafiagi: daytime highs average 38.9°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 8.9 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 Bida (70 km away). In March its highs average 38.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Lafiagi, with 6.4 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lafiagi ranks 6th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 34th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Lafiagi is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 38.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.9 mm to 38 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
Lafiagi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 38.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 8.9 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 38 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 35.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 99 | 15.7 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 161 | 20.9 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 195 | 24.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 233 | 24.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 217 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 86 | 14.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.4 | 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
- Bida in MarchNigeria · 70 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Ilorin in MarchNigeria · 104 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Ila Orangun in MarchNigeria · 109 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Offa in MarchNigeria · 109 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Oyan in MarchNigeria · 114 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Ipoti in MarchNigeria · 115 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Ijero-Ekiti in MarchNigeria · 122 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Ode in MarchNigeria · 123 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 62 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 Lafiagi) is explained once on the Lafiagi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.