Climate averages 1991–2020
Koforidua weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Koforidua: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the joint 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 Atsiaman (45 km away). In March its highs average 32.1°C, about as warm as Koforidua, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Koforidua ranks 13th of 26 for the warmest March highs and 23rd of 26 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 33.3°C; Koforidua is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 103 mm to 115 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
Koforidua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 40 | 8.2 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 60 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 32.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 103 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 115 | 21.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 167 | 25.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 193 | 25.6 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 132 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 103 | 20.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 167 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 152 | 25.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 81 | 18.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 42 | 10.2 | 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
- Atsiaman in MarchGhana · 45 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Medina Estates in MarchGhana · 49 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Ashaiman in MarchGhana · 50 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Gbawe in MarchGhana · 58 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Accra in MarchGhana · 60 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Amanfrom in MarchGhana · 64 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Winneba in MarchGhana · 92 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Ho in MarchGhana · 98 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 78 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 Koforidua) is explained once on the Koforidua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.