Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaya weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd 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 Kaya: daytime highs average 38.0°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saaba (87 km away). In March its highs average 38.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Kaya, with 1.9 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Kaya ranks 8th of 10 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 10 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 10 cities is 38.3°C; Kaya is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 39.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.2 mm to 5.1 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
Kaya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 34.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 38.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.7°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.1°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 14 | 4.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 36.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 39 | 8.3 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 100 | 15.7 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 158 | 19.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 80 | 12.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 35.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 18 | 4.2 | 11.812 h |
| November | 35.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.512 h |
| December | 32.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- Saaba in MarchBurkina Faso · 87 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in MarchBurkina Faso · 94 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Pouytenga in MarchBurkina Faso · 117 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in MarchBurkina Faso · 154 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Koudougou in MarchBurkina Faso · 167 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in MarchBurkina Faso · 194 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Bawku in MarchGhana · 243 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in MarchGhana · 257 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 10 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 Kaya) is explained once on the Kaya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.