Climate averages 1991–2020
Ode weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ode: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ikare (30 km away). In March its highs average 33.6°C, about as warm as Ode, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ode ranks joint 68th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 76th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Ode is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 106 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
Ode climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 8.9 | 1.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 19 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 33.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 62 | 11.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 106 | 17.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 173 | 23.1 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 219 | 25.3 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 222 | 27.5 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 231 | 25.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 250 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 189 | 24.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 32 | 6.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 4.5 | 1.2 | 11.712 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
- Ikare in MarchNigeria · 30 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Ise-Ekiti in MarchNigeria · 48 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Emure-Ekiti in MarchNigeria · 48 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Ado-Ekiti in MarchNigeria · 57 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Ikere-Ekiti in MarchNigeria · 62 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Okene in MarchNigeria · 64 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Igede-Ekiti in MarchNigeria · 66 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Owo in MarchNigeria · 67 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 80 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 Ode) is explained once on the Ode year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.