Benin City climate

Benin City Weather in March

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Benin City, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 31°C on March 1 to 30°C on March 31, and lows from 23°C to 24°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 87 mm over about 16 wet days.

March day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Benin City, in °C, with the record for each date.152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
31°C
Average low
24°C
Precipitation
87 mm
Reanalysis high
37°CMar 4, 1992
Reanalysis low
15°CMar 21, 1993
Daylight
12 h 00 min to 12 h 11 min
Cloud cover
74%
Humidity
87%
Dew point
24°C
Wind
6.1 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Mar 131°C23°C34°C 199820°C 200041%
Mar 231°C23°C35°C 200020°C 200044%
Mar 331°C23°C37°C 199220°C 199746%
Mar 431°C23°C37°C 199217°C 199747%
Mar 531°C23°C37°C 199218°C 199746%
Mar 631°C23°C37°C 199219°C 199746%
Mar 731°C24°C36°C 200020°C 200445%
Mar 831°C24°C35°C 200018°C 200446%
Mar 931°C24°C34°C 200019°C 199845%
Mar 1031°C24°C37°C 200020°C 200047%
Mar 1131°C24°C34°C 199821°C 200449%
Mar 1231°C24°C35°C 200022°C 200452%
Mar 1331°C24°C37°C 200022°C 201253%
Mar 1431°C24°C34°C 200022°C 200354%
Mar 1530°C24°C34°C 200022°C 199654%
Mar 1630°C24°C34°C 199123°C 199353%
Mar 1730°C24°C34°C 199823°C 199353%
Mar 1830°C24°C33°C 200023°C 199452%
Mar 1930°C24°C33°C 199821°C 199352%
Mar 2030°C24°C33°C 200718°C 199353%
Mar 2130°C24°C33°C 200215°C 199354%
Mar 2230°C24°C32°C 201218°C 199354%
Mar 2330°C24°C33°C 199218°C 199354%
Mar 2430°C24°C33°C 199321°C 199355%
Mar 2530°C24°C33°C 199123°C 199656%
Mar 2630°C24°C33°C 199823°C 199656%
Mar 2730°C24°C33°C 199823°C 201257%
Mar 2830°C24°C32°C 200723°C 199758%
Mar 2930°C24°C33°C 201623°C 201359%
Mar 3030°C24°C33°C 200023°C 199661%
Mar 3130°C24°C35°C 199822°C 199663%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Benin City, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

March 1
sunrise 6:50 AM, sunset 6:50 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:36 AM, sunset 6:47 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.