Climate averages 1991–2020
Offa weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry 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 very hot month in Offa: daytime highs average 34.2°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly 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 Oyan (12 km away). In March its highs average 34.2°C, about as warm as Offa, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Offa ranks joint 58th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 50th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Offa is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 74 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
Offa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 10 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 34.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 34 | 7.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 74 | 13.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 125 | 20.5 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 160 | 23.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 157 | 23.7 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 164 | 22.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 211 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 148 | 20.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 14 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 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
- Oyan in MarchNigeria · 12 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Ila Orangun in MarchNigeria · 25 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Ikirun in MarchNigeria · 27 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Oke Mesi in MarchNigeria · 43 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 78 mm rain
- Ilobu in MarchNigeria · 43 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Ilorin in MarchNigeria · 43 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Osogbo in MarchNigeria · 46 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Ipoti in MarchNigeria · 50 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 78 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 Offa) is explained once on the Offa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.