Climate averages 1991–2020
Yola weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: one of 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 Yola: daytime highs average 39.6°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 1.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, 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 Jimeta (8 km away). In March its highs average 39.7°C, about as warm as Yola, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Yola ranks 3rd of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 19th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Yola is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 39.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.1 mm to 20 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
Yola climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 37.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 39.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.6°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 20 | 3.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 36.8°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 67 | 11.7 | 12.513 h |
| June | 34.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 68 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 31.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 105 | 16.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 165 | 20.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 109 | 18.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 51 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 36.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 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
- Jimeta in MarchNigeria · 8 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Numan in MarchNigeria · 57 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Jalingo in MarchNigeria · 128 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Mubi in MarchNigeria · 146 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Biu in MarchNigeria · 159 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Guider in MarchCameroon · 180 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Pindiga in MarchNigeria · 189 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in MarchCameroon · 242 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 27 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 Yola) is explained once on the Yola year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Jimeta lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.