Climate averages 1991–2020
Sapele weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 4th 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 Sapele: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 25 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 Warri (43 km away). In March its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Sapele, with 198 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Sapele ranks joint 124th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 132nd of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Sapele is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 164 mm to 228 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
Sapele climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 41 | 11.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 72 | 16.5 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 31.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 164 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 228 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 276 | 29.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 310 | 29.5 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 299 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 270 | 28.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 310 | 29.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 298 | 30.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 125 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 39 | 11.0 | 11.812 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
- Warri in MarchNigeria · 43 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 198 mm rain
- Benin City in MarchNigeria · 50 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Ughelli in MarchNigeria · 58 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 187 mm rain
- Uromi in MarchNigeria · 115 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Atani in MarchNigeria · 119 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Asaba in MarchNigeria · 121 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Onitsha in MarchNigeria · 126 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Yenagoa in MarchNigeria · 126 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 202 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 Sapele) is explained once on the Sapele year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.