Climate averages 1991–2020
Wa 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 Wa: daytime highs average 37.7°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 26 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 Jirapa (57 km away). In March its highs average 38.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Wa, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Wa ranks 5th of 26 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 26 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 33.3°C; Wa is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 36.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 68 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
Wa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 6.0 | 1.1 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 37.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 26 | 5.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 68 | 11.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 34.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 100 | 15.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 101 | 16.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 160 | 21.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 224 | 25.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 190 | 23.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 88 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 10 | 1.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.512 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
- Jirapa in MarchGhana · 57 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Houndé in MarchBurkina Faso · 195 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Tamale in MarchGhana · 196 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in MarchGhana · 198 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Bondoukou in MarchIvory Coast · 227 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in MarchBurkina Faso · 232 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Koudougou in MarchBurkina Faso · 244 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Banfora in MarchBurkina Faso · 255 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 13 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 Wa) is explained once on the Wa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.