Climate averages 1991–2020
Bobo-Dioulasso weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Bobo-Dioulasso: daytime highs average 37.4°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 8.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banfora (78 km away). In March its highs average 37.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Bobo-Dioulasso, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Bobo-Dioulasso ranks 10th of 10 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 10 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 10 cities is 38.3°C; Bobo-Dioulasso is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 37.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.5 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bobo-Dioulasso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.512 h |
| February | 35.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 37.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 8.5 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 34 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 35.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 66 | 12.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 76 | 13.9 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 166 | 21.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 246 | 24.8 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 147 | 20.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 57 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 11.612 h |
| December | 33.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Banfora in MarchBurkina Faso · 78 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Houndé in MarchBurkina Faso · 92 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Sikasso in MarchMali · 150 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Koutiala in MarchMali · 185 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Jirapa in MarchGhana · 188 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Ferkessédougou in MarchIvory Coast · 202 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Wa in MarchGhana · 232 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Korhogo in MarchIvory Coast · 241 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 37 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bobo-Dioulasso) is explained once on the Bobo-Dioulasso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.