Climate averages 1991–2020
Cape Coast weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Cape Coast: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Sekondi (55 km away). In March its highs average 29.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Cape Coast, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Cape Coast ranks 24th of 26 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 26 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 33.3°C; Cape Coast is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 71 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
Cape Coast climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 18 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 30.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 25 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 30.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 40 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 71 | 16.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 165 | 25.0 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 204 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| July | 26.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 65 | 13.2 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 28 | 7.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 52 | 10.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 67 | 16.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 49 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 29.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 28 | 9.4 | 11.812 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
- Sekondi in MarchGhana · 55 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Takoradi in MarchGhana · 61 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Twifu Praso in MarchGhana · 66 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 146 mm rain
- Winneba in MarchGhana · 74 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Amanfrom in MarchGhana · 105 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Gbawe in MarchGhana · 116 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Atsiaman in MarchGhana · 121 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Accra in MarchGhana · 127 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 24 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 Cape Coast) is explained once on the Cape Coast year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.