Amaigbo weather in March

In March, Amaigbo sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 70 mm of rain across 13.9 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Amaigbo's 5th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amaigbo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
13.9 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:39 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover
80%
5th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.3
out of 10

Amaigbo is town in Nwangele Local Government Area Imo state, Nigeria.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical March day in Amaigbo reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 2°C warmer than April.

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How March really feels in Amaigbo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Amaigbo weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 23°102.211.72.7
Feb36° / 24°255.411.82.2
Mar35° / 25°7013.9122.3
Apr33° / 24°14220.712.12.5
May32° / 24°19126.312.32.5
Jun30° / 23°21927.412.32.8
Jul29° / 23°22527.712.33.1
Aug29° / 23°22726.412.23.2
Sep30° / 23°24628.5122.7
Oct30° / 23°22627.811.92.7
Nov32° / 23°631211.73.6
Dec34° / 23°9211.73.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
22872
32773
42575
52575
62575
72377
82377
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102278
112179
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Amaigbo gets around 70 mm of rain over 13.9 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 45% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the oppressive band about 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1223117111
2213107311
3213107212
421397312
521387313
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Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:45 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:456:38
211.96:456:38
311.96:456:38
411.96:446:38
511.96:446:38
611.96:446:38
711.96:436:38
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2012.06:386:37
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2712.06:346:36
2812.06:346:35
2912.06:336:35
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3112.06:326:35

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.74 kWh/m² to a high of 5.55 kWh/m² in January across the year — March's 5.12 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Amaigbo

In seasonPeak

In March, Amaigbo sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Amaigbo's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Amaigbo sees seasonal dust haze (December–April), heaviest in February.

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Amaigbo?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Amaigbo.

What to pack for Amaigbo in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Amaigbo sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Amaigbo in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Amaigbo peaks around March 24 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highMar 24UV 13Jan 13UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Amaigbo in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Amaigbo is worst in January — around 195 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.0× the cleanest month (July, 64 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyVery unhealthyJan 11194 µg/m³Jul 2464 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan195Very unhealthy
Feb167Very unhealthy
Mar102Unhealthy
Apr94Unhealthy
May80Unhealthy
Jun74Unhealthy
Jul64Unhealthy
Aug64Unhealthy
Sep75Unhealthy
Oct94Unhealthy
Nov110Unhealthy
Dec191Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Amaigbo?

Amaigbo sits at 5.8°N, 7.8°E, 84 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Afikpo, 16 km away.

Topography around Amaigbo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Amaigbo.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amaigbo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 245 m around an average of 100 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 267 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 858 m.

The land around Amaigbo is covered by trees (88%) within 3 km, trees (70%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
245 m
16 km
267 m
80 km
858 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Afikpo 16 km · Ohafia-Ifigh 20 km · Ugep 27 km · Bende 34 km · Umuahia 48 km · Awgu 51 km · Okigwe 54 km · Abakaliki 67 km

Nigeria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 13% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,224
2025
Happiness
4.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
15.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 569
Religion
Muslim 54%other Christian 35%Roman Catholic 11%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Amaigbo (5.7892°, 7.8383°, elevation 84 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).