Elele weather in March

In March, Elele sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 203 mm of rain across 26.1 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 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 Elele's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Elele's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
203 mm
26.1 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:43 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover
84%
5th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.3
out of 10

Elele is town in Ikwerre LGA in Rivers 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 32°C through the month.

A typical March day in Elele reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 1°C warmer than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Elele

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.

Elele 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
Jan33° / 23°5611.411.73.3
Feb33° / 24°9415.911.82.7
Mar32° / 24°20326.1122.3
Apr32° / 24°26327.412.12.3
May31° / 24°31229.212.22.4
Jun29° / 23°3562912.32.8
Jul28° / 23°34728.912.33.1
Aug28° / 23°29028.712.23.1
Sep29° / 23°36929.6122.8
Oct30° / 23°37930.611.92.6
Nov31° / 23°19824.711.82.8
Dec32° / 23°5811.811.73.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22278
32278
42080
51981
61981
71882
81882
91882
101684
111684
121585
131585
141486
151486
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201090
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22991
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311090

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Elele gets around 203 mm of rain over 26.1 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 84% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
173
275
376
477
578
679
779
880
981
1082
1182
1283
1384
1484
1585
1685
1786
1886
1986
2087
2187
2287
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2488
2588
2688
2789
2889
2989
3089
3190

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 72% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
123860
223761
323662
423563
513465
613366
713366
813267
913168
1003070
1103070
1202971
1302872
1402872
1502872
1602773
1702773
1802674
1902674
2002575
2102476
2202377
2302278
2402278
2502179
2602179
2702080
2802080
2902080
3001981
3101981

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
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316calm

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 6:49 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:496:43
211.96:496:43
311.96:486:43
411.96:486:43
511.96:486:43
611.96:476:43
711.96:476:42
811.96:476:42
911.96:466:42
1011.96:466:42
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1211.96:456:42
1312.06:456:42
1412.06:446:42
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1612.06:436:41
1712.06:436:41
1812.06:436:41
1912.06:426:41
2012.06:426:41
2112.06:416:41
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2512.06:396:40
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2712.06:386:40
2812.06:386:39
2912.06:386:39
3012.06:376:39
3112.06:376:39

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.21 kWh/m² in January across the year — March's 4.8 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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304.7Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Elele

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is March a good time to visit Elele?

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
3.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Elele.

What to pack for Elele in March

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

In March, Elele sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Elele 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 Elele peaks around March 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 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 23UV 12Jan 10UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Elele 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 Elele is worst in January — around 160 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.0× the cleanest month (August, 54 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyUnhealthyJan 13159 µg/m³Aug 1355 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan160Very unhealthy
Feb141Unhealthy
Mar102Unhealthy
Apr94Unhealthy
May85Unhealthy
Jun73Unhealthy
Jul59Unhealthy
Aug54Poor
Sep67Unhealthy
Oct87Unhealthy
Nov96Unhealthy
Dec152Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Elele?

Elele sits at 5.1°N, 6.8°E, 32 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Degema Hulk, 38 km away.

Topography around Elele

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Elele has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 29 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 248 m.

The land around Elele is covered by trees (73%) within 3 km, trees (83%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
22 m
16 km
48 m
80 km
248 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
March weather nearby: Degema Hulk 38 km · Buguma 41 km · Port Harcourt 42 km · Obonoma 43 km · Owerri 49 km · Okrika 50 km · Aba 61 km · Yenagoa 64 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 Elele (5.1009°, 6.8141°, elevation 32 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).