Climate averages 1991–2020
Malabo weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Malabo: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes March a wet month (the 4th 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 Limbe (56 km away). In March its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Malabo, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Equatorial Guinea, Malabo ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 3 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 29.0°C; Malabo is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 165 mm to 188 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
Malabo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 52 | 15.2 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.7°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 73 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 28.9°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 165 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 188 | 27.3 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 273 | 29.4 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 388 | 29.0 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 446 | 29.1 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 431 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 384 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 297 | 29.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 171 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 62 | 18.2 | 11.912 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
- Limbe in MarchCameroon · 56 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 225 mm rain
- Buea in MarchCameroon · 68 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 231 mm rain
- Tiko in MarchCameroon · 73 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 225 mm rain
- Douala in MarchCameroon · 107 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 221 mm rain
- Kumba in MarchCameroon · 123 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 167 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in MarchNigeria · 130 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Calabar in MarchNigeria · 143 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 187 mm rain
- Edéa in MarchCameroon · 150 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 189 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 Malabo) is explained once on the Malabo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.