Climate averages 1991–2020
Libreville weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Libreville: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 270 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Owendo (13 km away). In March its highs average 30.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Libreville, with 267 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Libreville ranks 4th of 6 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 6 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 6 cities is 29.7°C; Libreville is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 270 mm to 261 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
Libreville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 250 | 29.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 218 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 270 | 28.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 261 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 244 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| June | 27.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 82 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 27.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 33 | 6.8 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 35 | 8.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 151 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 358 | 30.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 393 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 316 | 30.2 | 12.112 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
- Owendo in MarchGabon · 13 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 267 mm rain
- Port-Gentil in MarchGabon · 144 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 176 mm rain
- Bata in MarchEquatorial Guinea · 167 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 236 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in MarchEquatorial Guinea · 203 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 251 mm rain
- Oyem in MarchGabon · 272 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 200 mm rain
- Kribi in MarchCameroon · 287 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 210 mm rain
- São Tomé in MarchSao Tome and Principe · 303 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Ébolowa in MarchCameroon · 337 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 183 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 Libreville) is explained once on the Libreville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.