Climate averages 1991–2020
Pala 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 Pala: daytime highs average 38.7°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
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 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kelo (99 km away). In March its highs average 39.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Pala, with 1.4 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, Pala ranks joint 5th of 8 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 38.8°C; Pala is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 38.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.2 mm to 20 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
Pala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 35.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 38.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 20 | 5.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 35.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 73 | 13.3 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 103 | 16.9 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 164 | 22.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 222 | 25.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 167 | 22.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 62 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 32.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 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
- Kelo in MarchChad · 99 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Guider in MarchCameroon · 123 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Maroua in MarchCameroon · 151 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Moundou in MarchChad · 156 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Mubi in MarchNigeria · 206 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Doba in MarchChad · 227 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Yola in MarchNigeria · 267 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Jimeta in MarchNigeria · 269 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 1.1 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 Pala) is explained once on the Pala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.