Climate averages 1991–2020
Ughelli weather
in March.
A hot, very 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 Ughelli: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 187 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes March a very 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 (28 km away). In March its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Ughelli, with 198 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ughelli ranks joint 117th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 137th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Ughelli is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 187 mm to 258 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
Ughelli climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 47 | 10.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 81 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 31.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 187 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 258 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 315 | 29.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 328 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 328 | 29.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 272 | 27.7 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 331 | 29.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 349 | 30.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 159 | 22.5 | 11.912 h |
| December | 32.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 46 | 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 · 28 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 198 mm rain
- Sapele in MarchNigeria · 58 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 164 mm rain
- Yenagoa in MarchNigeria · 69 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Ogbia in MarchNigeria · 96 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 218 mm rain
- Atani in MarchNigeria · 101 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Ihiala in MarchNigeria · 103 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Benin City in MarchNigeria · 103 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Asaba in MarchNigeria · 113 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 47 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 Ughelli) is explained once on the Ughelli year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.