Climate averages 1991–2020
Sunyani weather
in March.
A hot, moderately 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 Sunyani: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a moderately 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 Berekum (31 km away). In March its highs average 33.4°C, about as warm as Sunyani, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Sunyani ranks 9th of 26 for the warmest March highs and 19th of 26 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 33.3°C; Sunyani is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 100 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
Sunyani climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 15 | 3.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 36 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 33.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 86 | 14.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 100 | 16.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 98 | 18.3 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 102 | 19.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 83 | 16.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 91 | 16.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 132 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 116 | 21.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 57 | 10.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 18 | 3.4 | 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
- Berekum in MarchGhana · 31 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Techiman in MarchGhana · 51 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 113 mm rain
- Japekrom in MarchGhana · 57 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Bondoukou in MarchIvory Coast · 94 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Kumasi in MarchGhana · 106 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Ejura in MarchGhana · 107 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Abengourou in MarchIvory Coast · 146 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Obuase in MarchGhana · 146 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 100 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 Sunyani) is explained once on the Sunyani year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.