Climate averages 1991–2020
Ogbia weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ogbia: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 218 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 4th 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 Yenagoa (27 km away). In March its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Ogbia, with 202 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ogbia ranks joint 135th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 143rd of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Ogbia is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 218 mm to 259 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
Ogbia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 76 | 16.0 | 11.912 h |
| February | 31.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 115 | 20.4 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 30.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 218 | 28.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 259 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 312 | 30.1 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 367 | 29.3 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 331 | 28.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 242 | 28.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 339 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 386 | 30.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 240 | 27.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 86 | 18.0 | 11.912 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
- Yenagoa in MarchNigeria · 27 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Buguma in MarchNigeria · 61 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 192 mm rain
- Port Harcourt in MarchNigeria · 78 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 177 mm rain
- Okrika in MarchNigeria · 85 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 177 mm rain
- Ughelli in MarchNigeria · 96 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 187 mm rain
- Warri in MarchNigeria · 111 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 198 mm rain
- Owerri in MarchNigeria · 119 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 134 mm rain
- Aba in MarchNigeria · 125 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 165 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 Ogbia) is explained once on the Ogbia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.