Climate averages 1991–2020
Saki weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 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 Saki: daytime highs average 35.3°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 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 Igboho (44 km away). In March its highs average 36.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Saki, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Saki ranks joint 43rd of 143 for the warmest March highs and 49th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Saki is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 78 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
Saki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 7.5 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 35.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 32 | 6.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 78 | 13.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 135 | 20.1 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 145 | 21.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 179 | 24.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 198 | 25.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 194 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 101 | 17.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 9.6 | 2.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 33.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.612 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
- Igboho in MarchNigeria · 44 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Kisi in MarchNigeria · 68 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Iseyin in MarchNigeria · 81 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Oyo in MarchNigeria · 108 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Ogbomoso in MarchNigeria · 110 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Parakou in MarchBenin · 112 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Fiditi in MarchNigeria · 121 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in MarchNigeria · 124 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 51 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 Saki) is explained once on the Saki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.