Climate averages 1991–2020
Orita-Eruwa weather
in March.
A very 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 very hot month in Orita-Eruwa: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 13 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 Igbo-Ora (22 km away). In March its highs average 34.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Orita-Eruwa, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Orita-Eruwa ranks joint 51st of 143 for the warmest March highs and 64th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Orita-Eruwa is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 86 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
Orita-Eruwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 10 | 2.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 22 | 5.6 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 34.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 51 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 86 | 16.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 141 | 22.9 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 179 | 25.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 176 | 25.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 160 | 23.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 168 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 120 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 32.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 25 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 6.9 | 2.0 | 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
- Igbo-Ora in MarchNigeria · 22 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Abeokuta in MarchNigeria · 46 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Iseyin in MarchNigeria · 49 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Ibadan in MarchNigeria · 55 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Fiditi in MarchNigeria · 55 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Oyo in MarchNigeria · 63 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Lalupon in MarchNigeria · 70 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Shagamu in MarchNigeria · 82 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 114 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 Orita-Eruwa) is explained once on the Orita-Eruwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.