Climate averages 1991–2020

Ashaiman weather
in March.

A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 32.0°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 26.0°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 34 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Ashaiman · average highYear overview

March is a hot month in Ashaiman: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Medina Estates (15 km away). In March its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Ashaiman, with 57 mm of rain.

Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Ashaiman ranks 17th of 26 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 26 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 33.3°C; Ashaiman is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 46 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

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

Every month, side by side

Ashaiman climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Ashaiman, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 31.5°C24.9°C24.9°C154.211.812 h
February 31.9°C25.7°C25.7°C205.211.912 h
March, selected 32.0°C26.0°C26.0°C348.212.112 h
April 31.6°C25.9°C25.9°C4610.812.212 h
May 30.2°C25.3°C25.3°C9216.512.412 h
June 28.0°C24.2°C24.2°C13718.812.412 h
July 27.0°C23.4°C23.4°C6010.412.412 h
August 27.0°C22.9°C22.9°C358.512.312 h
September 27.8°C23.5°C23.5°C5712.312.212 h
October 29.0°C24.1°C24.1°C6213.212.012 h
November 30.2°C24.9°C24.9°C349.911.912 h
December 31.1°C25.1°C25.1°C205.611.812 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 Ashaiman

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 Ashaiman) is explained once on the Ashaiman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.