Climate averages 1991–2020
Bawku weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Bawku: daytime highs average 38.8°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bolgatanga (73 km away). In March its highs average 39.1°C, about as warm as Bawku, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Bawku ranks 2nd of 26 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 26 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 33.3°C; Bawku is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 38.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.3 mm to 25 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
Bawku climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 38.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 6.3 | 1.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.5°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 25 | 5.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.3°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 49 | 9.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 56 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 30.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 123 | 18.0 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 195 | 23.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 137 | 16.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 40 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 34.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 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
- Bolgatanga in MarchGhana · 73 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in MarchBurkina Faso · 129 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Pouytenga in MarchBurkina Faso · 134 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Saaba in MarchBurkina Faso · 194 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Tamale in MarchGhana · 196 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in MarchBurkina Faso · 202 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Kara in MarchTogo · 229 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Kaya in MarchBurkina Faso · 243 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 1.2 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 Bawku) is explained once on the Bawku year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.