Climate averages 1991–2020
Bata weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Bata: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 236 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kribi (120 km away). In March its highs average 28.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Bata, with 210 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Equatorial Guinea, Bata ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 29.0°C; Bata is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 236 mm to 256 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
Bata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 164 | 28.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 169 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 236 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 256 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 265 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| June | 27.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 179 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 26.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 110 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 26.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 96 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 245 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 335 | 30.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 325 | 29.8 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 213 | 29.7 | 12.012 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
- Kribi in MarchCameroon · 120 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 210 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in MarchEquatorial Guinea · 121 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 251 mm rain
- Libreville in MarchGabon · 167 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 270 mm rain
- Owendo in MarchGabon · 177 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 267 mm rain
- Ébolowa in MarchCameroon · 192 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 183 mm rain
- Oyem in MarchGabon · 204 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 200 mm rain
- Edéa in MarchCameroon · 219 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 189 mm rain
- Malabo in MarchEquatorial Guinea · 237 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 26.2°C · 165 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 Bata) is explained once on the Bata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.