Climate averages 1991–2020
Ota weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd 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 Ota: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a 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 Agege (14 km away). In March its highs average 31.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ota, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ota ranks 116th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 113th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Ota is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 139 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
Ota climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 32 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 49 | 12.5 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 31.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 96 | 19.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 139 | 22.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 218 | 27.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 243 | 28.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 186 | 26.4 | 12.512 h |
| August | 27.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 142 | 22.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 202 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 202 | 28.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 86 | 19.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 31 | 9.6 | 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
- Agege in MarchNigeria · 14 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Ifo in MarchNigeria · 15 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Alasia in MarchNigeria · 25 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Ajegunle in MarchNigeria · 29 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 26.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Ebute Ikorodu in MarchNigeria · 30 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Lagos in MarchNigeria · 32 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Irewe in MarchNigeria · 32 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Lekki in MarchNigeria · 38 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 91 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 Ota) is explained once on the Ota year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Ifo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.