Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouagadougou weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd 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 Ouagadougou: daytime highs average 38.6°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.9 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 (13 km away). In March its highs average 38.5°C, about as warm as Ouagadougou, with 1.9 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou ranks joint 2nd of 10 for the warmest March highs and joint 3rd of 10 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 10 cities is 38.3°C; Ouagadougou is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 39.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.9 mm to 12 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
Ouagadougou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| February | 35.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 38.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 1.9 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.6°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 12 | 3.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.4°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 26 | 6.3 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 52 | 9.9 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 122 | 17.7 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 199 | 22.3 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 108 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 33 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 33.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°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 · 13 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Koudougou in MarchBurkina Faso · 91 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Kaya in MarchBurkina Faso · 94 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Pouytenga in MarchBurkina Faso · 121 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in MarchBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in MarchGhana · 191 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Bawku in MarchGhana · 202 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in MarchBurkina Faso · 208 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 3.1 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 Ouagadougou) is explained once on the Ouagadougou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Saaba lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.