Ughelli weather in March

In March, Ughelli sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 187 mm of rain across 25.9 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 4% 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 Ughelli's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ughelli's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
187 mm
25.9 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:47 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
82%
5th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.3
out of 10

Ughelli is city in Delta 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 Ughelli reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°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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How March really feels in Ughelli

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.

Ughelli 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°471111.73.4
Feb33° / 24°8015.711.82.7
Mar32° / 24°18725.9122.3
Apr32° / 24°25827.212.12.4
May31° / 24°31529.112.22.5
Jun29° / 23°32829.212.32.8
Jul28° / 23°32829.112.33.2
Aug28° / 23°27227.712.23.4
Sep29° / 23°33129.4122.9
Oct30° / 23°34930.411.92.6
Nov31° / 23°16022.511.83.0
Dec32° / 23°461111.73.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22377
32377
42179
52080
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72080
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Ughelli gets around 187 mm of rain over 25.9 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 83% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
174
275
376
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1785
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3087
3187

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 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
133364
233265
333166
433067
532968
622870
722771
822672
922573
1022474
1112376
1212277
1312277
1412178
1512178
1612079
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2001981
2101882
2201783
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2401684
2501684
2601585
2701585
2801585
2901486
3001486
3101486

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
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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 6:40 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:536:46
211.96:526:46
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411.96:526:46
511.96:516:46
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711.96:506:45
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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 4.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.35 kWh/m² to a high of 5.18 kWh/m² in January across the year — March's 4.8 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 Ughelli

In seasonPeak

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

Ughelli 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 Ughelli?

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

2.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ughelli.

What to pack for Ughelli in March

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

In March, Ughelli 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 Ughelli 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 Ughelli peaks around March 24 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 highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 24UV 12Jan 10UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Ughelli 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 Ughelli is worst in January — around 118 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 30 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 16116 µg/m³Aug 1630 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan118Unhealthy
Feb101Unhealthy
Mar63Unhealthy
Apr57Unhealthy
May49Poor
Jun43Poor
Jul35Moderate
Aug30Moderate
Sep35Poor
Oct47Poor
Nov57Unhealthy
Dec102Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ughelli?

Ughelli sits at 5.5°N, 6.0°E, 13 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Warri, 28 km away.

AgborOgutaOgwashi-Uku

Topography around Ughelli

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ughelli has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m.

The land around Ughelli is covered by artificial surfaces (52%), grassland (25%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
28 m
80 km
200 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
March weather nearby: Warri 28 km · Kwale 53 km · Burutu 57 km · Sapele 58 km · Yenagoa 69 km · Agbor 88 km · Oguta 92 km · Ogwashi-Uku 96 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 Ughelli (5.4896°, 6.0041°, elevation 13 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).