Climate averages 1991–2020

Minna 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.

Average high 37.7°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 25.5°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 7.9 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a very hot month in Minna: daytime highs average 37.7°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 7.9 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 (84 km away). In March its highs average 38.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Minna, with 6.4 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Minna ranks 14th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 33rd of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Minna is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 36.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.9 mm to 36 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Minna climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Minna, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	34.9°C22.0°C	22.0°C	0.5	0.1	11.612 h
February	36.6°C23.7°C	23.7°C	2.4	0.4	11.812 h
March, selected	37.7°C25.5°C	25.5°C	7.9	1.5	12.112 h
April	36.6°C26.3°C	26.3°C	36	5.8	12.312 h
May	33.5°C25.3°C	25.3°C	87	12.5	12.613 h
June	30.4°C23.7°C	23.7°C	128	16.5	12.713 h
July	28.6°C22.7°C	22.7°C	211	24.7	12.613 h
August	27.9°C22.3°C	22.3°C	279	27.2	12.412 h
September	29.0°C22.4°C	22.4°C	253	25.2	12.212 h
October	30.5°C22.6°C	22.6°C	103	14.6	11.912 h
November	33.7°C22.1°C	22.1°C	4.1	0.7	11.712 h
December	34.6°C22.2°C	22.2°C	0.3	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

Distance from Minna

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Minna) is explained once on the Minna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.