Climate averages 1991–2020
Ugep weather
in March.
A hot, moderately 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 Ugep: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 14 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 Afikpo (19 km away). In March its highs average 34.0°C, about as warm as Ugep, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ugep ranks joint 76th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 93rd of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Ugep is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 146 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
Ugep climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 26 | 5.3 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 33.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 73 | 13.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 146 | 21.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 199 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 238 | 27.7 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 231 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 245 | 27.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 259 | 28.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 242 | 28.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 72 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 9.6 | 2.2 | 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
- Afikpo in MarchNigeria · 19 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Amaigbo in MarchNigeria · 27 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in MarchNigeria · 37 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Bende in MarchNigeria · 57 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Abakaliki in MarchNigeria · 58 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Isieke in MarchNigeria · 64 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Ikom in MarchNigeria · 71 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Umuahia in MarchNigeria · 72 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 103 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 Ugep) is explained once on the Ugep year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.