Climate averages 1991–2020

Yenagoa weather
in March.

A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 24.8°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 202 mm 28 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Yenagoa: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 202 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 4th 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 Ogbia (27 km away). In March its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Yenagoa, with 218 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Yenagoa ranks joint 130th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 141st of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Yenagoa is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 202 mm to 249 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Yenagoa climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Yenagoa, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	32.1°C23.9°C	23.9°C	61	12.8	11.912 h
February	32.0°C24.7°C	24.7°C	98	17.7	12.012 h
March, selected	31.2°C24.8°C	24.8°C	202	27.5	12.112 h
April	30.6°C24.5°C	24.5°C	249	27.9	12.212 h
May	29.9°C24.1°C	24.1°C	305	29.7	12.312 h
June	28.4°C23.3°C	23.3°C	338	29.2	12.412 h
July	27.6°C22.9°C	22.9°C	324	28.9	12.412 h
August	27.7°C22.9°C	22.9°C	247	28.4	12.312 h
September	28.1°C23.0°C	23.0°C	340	29.6	12.112 h
October	28.9°C23.1°C	23.1°C	374	30.6	12.012 h
November	30.0°C23.4°C	23.4°C	210	25.3	11.912 h
December	31.1°C23.8°C	23.8°C	64	13.6	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

Distance from Yenagoa

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Yenagoa) is explained once on the Yenagoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.