Climate averages 1991–2020
Tamale weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly 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 Tamale: daytime highs average 37.8°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly 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 (154 km away). In March its highs average 39.1°C, 1.3°C warmer than Tamale, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Tamale ranks 4th of 26 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 26 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 33.3°C; Tamale is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 36.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 51 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
Tamale climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 2.1 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| February | 37.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 5.7 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 37.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 21 | 4.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.7°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 51 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 34.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 68 | 12.1 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 78 | 13.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 152 | 20.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 225 | 25.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 179 | 22.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 69 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 1.5 | 0.1 | 11.612 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 · 154 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Bawku in MarchGhana · 196 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Wa in MarchGhana · 196 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Sokodé in MarchTogo · 221 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Kara in MarchTogo · 223 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Ejura in MarchGhana · 231 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Techiman in MarchGhana · 235 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 113 mm rain
- Jirapa in MarchGhana · 240 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 16 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 Tamale) is explained once on the Tamale year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.