Climate averages 1991–2020

Serekunda weather
in March.

A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 20.7°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Serekunda: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the 2nd 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 Banjul (11 km away). In March its highs average 31.5°C, 2.3°C warmer than Serekunda, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 3 cities listed in the Gambia, Serekunda ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest March highs and joint 1st of 3 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 31.1°C; Serekunda is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Serekunda climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Serekunda, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.5°C20.2°C	20.2°C	1.5	0.2	11.411 h
February	29.1°C20.5°C	20.5°C	0.7	0.1	11.712 h
March, selected	29.2°C20.7°C	20.7°C	0.2	0.1	12.012 h
April	28.2°C20.9°C	20.9°C	0	0.0	12.412 h
May	28.1°C22.2°C	22.2°C	0.8	0.2	12.713 h
June	29.0°C24.6°C	24.6°C	9.0	1.6	12.913 h
July	28.9°C25.5°C	25.5°C	118	13.4	12.813 h
August	28.4°C25.3°C	25.3°C	246	22.2	12.613 h
September	28.8°C25.5°C	25.5°C	174	18.5	12.212 h
October	29.7°C26.2°C	26.2°C	49	7.4	11.812 h
November	30.5°C24.7°C	24.7°C	1.3	0.4	11.512 h
December	29.4°C21.9°C	21.9°C	0.9	0.2	11.311 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

Distance from Serekunda

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Serekunda) is explained once on the Serekunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.