Ebute Ikorodu weather in March

In March, Ebute Ikorodu sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 91 mm of rain across 20.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in March, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Ebute Ikorodu's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ebute Ikorodu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
91 mm
20.1 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:57 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover
70%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Ebute Ikorodu is human settlement in Nigeria.

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical March day in Ebute Ikorodu reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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How March really feels in Ebute Ikorodu

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Ebute Ikorodu weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 25°31911.75.4
Feb30° / 26°4411.911.84.5
Mar30° / 27°9120.1123.7
Apr30° / 26°13121.712.13.5
May29° / 26°21727.212.33.1
Jun28° / 25°29328.112.43.4
Jul27° / 24°2142512.34.1
Aug26° / 24°1402012.24.8
Sep27° / 24°19225.4123.9
Oct28° / 25°17626.711.93.6
Nov29° / 26°7919.411.74.2
Dec30° / 25°3310.911.65.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24258
34159
44258
54159
64159
74159
84060
94060
103862
113763
123565
133466
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153268
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Ebute Ikorodu gets around 91 mm of rain over 20.1 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 65% and peaks near 69% 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 miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the miserable band about 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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21594
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Wind in March

Winds average 13 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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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 7:03 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.97:036:55
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411.97:026:55
511.97:026:55
611.97:016:55
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.94 kWh/m² to a high of 5.38 kWh/m² in February across the year — March's 5.25 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Ebute Ikorodu

In seasonPeak

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

Ebute Ikorodu's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Ebute Ikorodu sees seasonal dust haze (January–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 Ebute Ikorodu?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ebute Ikorodu.

What to pack for Ebute Ikorodu in March

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

In March, Ebute Ikorodu sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Ebute Ikorodu in March

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 28 km away) is warmest in May at about 29°C and coldest in August near 25°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Tropical
Jul26Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct28Warm
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Ebute Ikorodu in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ebute Ikorodu peaks around March 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highMar 23UV 12Jan 1UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb8Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Ebute Ikorodu 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 Ebute Ikorodu is worst in January — around 165 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.4× the cleanest month (August, 48 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 15163 µg/m³Aug 1148 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan165Very unhealthy
Feb144Unhealthy
Mar89Unhealthy
Apr77Unhealthy
May66Unhealthy
Jun60Unhealthy
Jul50Poor
Aug48Poor
Sep60Unhealthy
Oct79Unhealthy
Nov91Unhealthy
Dec150Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ebute Ikorodu?

Ebute Ikorodu sits at 6.6°N, 3.5°E, 4 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Shomolu, 14 km away.

Topography around Ebute Ikorodu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ebute Ikorodu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m.

The land around Ebute Ikorodu is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and water (23%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (43%) and water (26%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
79 m
80 km
236 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
March weather nearby: Shomolu 14 km · Makoko 16 km · Ikeja 16 km · Oshodi 17 km · Mushin 17 km · Agege 17 km · Lekki 17 km · Surulere 18 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 Ebute Ikorodu (6.6009°, 3.4882°, elevation 4 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).