Okigwe weather in March

In March, Okigwe sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 96 mm of rain across 17.2 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 7% 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 Okigwe's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Okigwe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
96 mm
17.2 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:41 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
81%
5th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

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 Okigwe 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 31°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 1°C warmer than April.

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How March really feels in Okigwe

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.

Okigwe 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
Jan34° / 22°163.811.73.3
Feb35° / 23°367.711.82.6
Mar34° / 24°9617.2122.5
Apr32° / 24°17122.612.12.5
May31° / 23°22827.612.32.5
Jun30° / 23°2572812.32.8
Jul29° / 22°26528.512.33.1
Aug29° / 22°25627.312.23.3
Sep29° / 22°28629.1122.8
Oct30° / 22°26029.111.92.7
Nov32° / 23°8214.311.73.6
Dec33° / 22°143.311.74.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 82%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22773
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Okigwe gets around 96 mm of rain over 17.2 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 55% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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243
345
446
548
650
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2158
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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 98% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
122311766
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322210777
42229778
51228798
61227799
71127809
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Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
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137calm
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317calm

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 6:47 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:476:40
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411.96:466:40
511.96:466:40
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711.96:456:40
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2712.06:366:37
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2912.06:356:37
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3112.06:346:37

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.45 kWh/m² in January across the year — March's 5.02 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 Okigwe

In seasonPeak

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

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

Okigwe 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 Okigwe?

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

2.5
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Okigwe.

What to pack for Okigwe in March

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

In March, Okigwe sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Okigwe 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 Okigwe peaks around September 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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 highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highSep 21UV 12Dec 21UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Okigwe 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 Okigwe 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 Okigwe?

Okigwe sits at 5.8°N, 7.4°E, 158 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Nkwerre, 28 km away.

Topography around Okigwe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Okigwe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 194 m around an average of 169 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 360 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 531 m.

The land around Okigwe is covered by trees (71%) within 3 km, trees (87%) within 16 km, and trees (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
194 m
16 km
360 m
80 km
531 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Nkwerre 28 km · Awgu 31 km · Uga 32 km · Umuahia 37 km · Igbo-Ukwu 42 km · Bende 43 km · Agulu 44 km · Owerri 52 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 Okigwe (5.8292°, 7.3506°, elevation 158 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).