Climate averages 1991–2020
Suleja 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 Suleja: daytime highs average 36.1°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 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 Kuje (34 km away). In March its highs average 36.6°C, about as warm as Suleja, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Suleja ranks joint 34th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 41st of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Suleja is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 57 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
Suleja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 4.7 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 36.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 19 | 4.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 57 | 9.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 147 | 18.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 212 | 23.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 276 | 28.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 26.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 335 | 29.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 336 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 181 | 22.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 14 | 2.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 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
- Kuje in MarchNigeria · 34 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Abuja in MarchNigeria · 37 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Minna in MarchNigeria · 84 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Keffi in MarchNigeria · 85 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Bida in MarchNigeria · 129 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Kafanchan in MarchNigeria · 130 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Kagoro in MarchNigeria · 141 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Kaduna in MarchNigeria · 152 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 4.7 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 Suleja) is explained once on the Suleja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.