Climate · Abuja

Abuja in March

Very hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Abuja is very hot: highs near 100°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Abuja is very hot: highs near 38°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
100°F38°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 12% of days
Daylight
12h 04mon average

Is March a good time to visit Abuja?


A good month, just outside Abuja's best months, which run in two parts: July to September, or November to February.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 100°F in March, against 84°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 38°C in March, against 29°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

12% of days in March, against 1% to 96% through the year.

Cloud cover

68% cover in March, against 50% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

12h 04m in March, against 11h 36m to 12h 39m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. February99°37°low 72°low 22°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. March100°38°low 75°low 24°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. April98°37°low 76°low 24°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Abuja sits, in March

Africa/Lagos

this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:38 AMsets 6:41 PM
Above the sea
460 mlow-lying
Latitude
9.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Lagos536 km south-west

The land around Abuja, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Nigeria in March

high · low · wet days

  • Lagos91°33° · 80°27° 5

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Abuja. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (460 m) against the climate model's (579 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (460 m) against the climate model's (579 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.