Climate averages 1991–2020
Wukari weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Wukari: daytime highs average 37.3°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 4th 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 Gboko (105 km away). In March its highs average 35.9°C, 1.4°C cooler than Wukari, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Wukari ranks joint 18th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 35th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Wukari is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 35.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 49 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
Wukari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 3.9 | 0.6 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 37.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 12 | 1.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 49 | 7.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 105 | 14.0 | 12.512 h |
| June | 30.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 100 | 15.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 134 | 21.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 196 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 184 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 129 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 33.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.712 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
- Gboko in MarchNigeria · 105 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Makurdi in MarchNigeria · 139 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 26.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Lafia in MarchNigeria · 155 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Jalingo in MarchNigeria · 208 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Kumbo in MarchCameroon · 210 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Bamenda in MarchCameroon · 216 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Effium in MarchNigeria · 235 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Keffi in MarchNigeria · 236 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 15 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 Wukari) is explained once on the Wukari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.