Ekpoma weather in March

In March, Ekpoma sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 61 mm of rain across 14.3 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 Ekpoma's 5th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ekpoma's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
61 mm
14.3 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:46 AM – 6:44 PM
Cloud cover
76%
5th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Ekpoma is town in Edo 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical March day in Ekpoma reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°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 37°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 Ekpoma

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
26 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.

Ekpoma 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° / 22°92.511.73.2
Feb35° / 24°226.311.82.5
Mar34° / 24°6114.3122.4
Apr33° / 24°11919.412.12.6
May31° / 24°18525.212.32.7
Jun30° / 23°22027.412.42.9
Jul29° / 23°2012812.43.2
Aug28° / 22°18826.312.23.4
Sep29° / 23°23927.9123.0
Oct30° / 23°18624.811.93.1
Nov32° / 23°408.711.74.0
Dec34° / 22°7211.63.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Ekpoma gets around 61 mm of rain over 14.3 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 47% 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 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
132311747
232310748
33239758
43238759
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63237769
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Wind in March

Winds average 9 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 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:53 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:536:44
211.96:526:44
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511.96:516:44
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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 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.85 kWh/m² to a high of 5.58 kWh/m² in January across the year — March's 5.2 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Ekpoma

In seasonPeak

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

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

Ekpoma 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 Ekpoma?

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

2.4
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ekpoma.

What to pack for Ekpoma in March

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

In March, Ekpoma sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ekpoma 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 Ekpoma peaks around September 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 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 highSep 21UV 12Dec 23UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Ekpoma 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 Ekpoma is worst in January — around 194 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 5.9× the cleanest month (August, 33 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 23193 µg/m³Aug 1033 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan194Very unhealthy
Feb192Very unhealthy
Mar82Unhealthy
Apr66Unhealthy
May47Poor
Jun40Poor
Jul33Moderate
Aug33Moderate
Sep40Poor
Oct55Unhealthy
Nov72Unhealthy
Dec145Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ekpoma?

Ekpoma sits at 6.7°N, 6.1°E, 364 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Uromi, 22 km away.

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Topography around Ekpoma

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ekpoma has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m around an average of 341 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 359 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 653 m.

The land around Ekpoma is covered by artificial surfaces (46%) and trees (41%) within 3 km, trees (79%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) within 80 km.

3 km
150 m
16 km
359 m
80 km
653 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Uromi 22 km · Ubiaja 29 km · Auchi 39 km · Agbor 55 km · Benin City 73 km · Ogwashi-Uku 76 km · Idah 78 km · Owo 79 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 Ekpoma (6.743°, 6.1403°, elevation 364 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).