Onitsha Weather in March
Onitsha in March
The short of it: Onitsha in March averages a high of 35 °C (94 °F) and a low of 25 °C (76 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 12 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 35° · low 25° · rain 55 mm · daylight 12 h 4 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: November & January
Thirty years of records give Onitsha an average March high of 35°, a low of 25° and some 55 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 35° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 4 min in mid-March.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates March 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and January.
Against its neighbours, Onitsha runs warmer than most and drier than most in March. Nkpor, 5 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
March in Onitsha, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- about the same, 34 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NkporAnambra | 5 km E | 35° | 24° | 58 mm |
| AsabaDelta | 8 km NW | 35° | 24° | 53 mm |
| AtaniAnambra | 16 km SSW | 34° | 24° | 64 mm |
| NnewiAnambra | 21 km SE | 34° | 24° | 67 mm |
| OzubuluAnambra | 23 km SSE | 34° | 24° | 68 mm |
| Enugu-UkwuAnambra | 24 km E | 34° | 24° | 58 mm |
| Uruobo-OkijaAnambra | 28 km SSE | 34° | 24° | 70 mm |
| Ogwashi-UkuDelta | 29 km W | 34° | 23° | 71 mm |