Climate averages 1991–2020
Ogbomoso 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 Ogbomoso: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 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 Ejigbo (27 km away). In March its highs average 34.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ogbomoso, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ogbomoso ranks joint 53rd of 143 for the warmest March highs and 53rd of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Ogbomoso is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 71 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
Ogbomoso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 4.2 | 0.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 34.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 38 | 7.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 71 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 113 | 17.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 144 | 21.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 164 | 24.0 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 167 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 175 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 97 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 11 | 2.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 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
- Ejigbo in MarchNigeria · 27 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Inisa in MarchNigeria · 33 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Ilobu in MarchNigeria · 43 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Oyo in MarchNigeria · 46 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Ede in MarchNigeria · 49 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Ilorin in MarchNigeria · 52 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Offa in MarchNigeria · 53 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Ikirun in MarchNigeria · 53 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 66 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 Ogbomoso) is explained once on the Ogbomoso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.