Climate averages 1991–2020
Umuahia 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 Umuahia: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 19 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 Bende (16 km away). In March its highs average 32.9°C, about as warm as Umuahia, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Umuahia ranks 110th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 122nd of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Umuahia is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 103 mm to 179 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
Umuahia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 17 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 34.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 36 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 32.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 103 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 179 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 233 | 28.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 262 | 28.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 275 | 28.5 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 249 | 27.7 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 291 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 274 | 29.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 94 | 16.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 32.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 17 | 4.5 | 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
- Bende in MarchNigeria · 16 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in MarchNigeria · 37 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Okigwe in MarchNigeria · 37 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in MarchNigeria · 45 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Amaigbo in MarchNigeria · 48 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Aba in MarchNigeria · 49 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 165 mm rain
- Owerri in MarchNigeria · 51 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 134 mm rain
- Afikpo in MarchNigeria · 64 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 54 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 Umuahia) is explained once on the Umuahia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.