Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumasi weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Kumasi: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th 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 Obuase (54 km away). In March its highs average 32.3°C, about as warm as Kumasi, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Kumasi ranks 12th of 26 for the warmest March highs and 21st of 26 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 33.3°C; Kumasi is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 103 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
Kumasi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 42 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 32.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 99 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 103 | 17.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 117 | 20.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 130 | 22.2 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 106 | 19.3 | 12.512 h |
| August | 27.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 92 | 17.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 141 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 121 | 21.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 60 | 12.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 22 | 4.9 | 11.712 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
- Obuase in MarchGhana · 54 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Ejura in MarchGhana · 83 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Sunyani in MarchGhana · 106 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Techiman in MarchGhana · 106 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 113 mm rain
- Twifu Praso in MarchGhana · 120 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 146 mm rain
- Berekum in MarchGhana · 136 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Japekrom in MarchGhana · 162 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Koforidua in MarchGhana · 165 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 103 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 Kumasi) is explained once on the Kumasi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.