Climate averages 1991–2020
Bouaké weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Bouaké: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the 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 Yamoussoukro (101 km away). In March its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Bouaké, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Bouaké ranks joint 6th of 30 for the warmest March highs and 24th of 30 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 30 cities is 32.3°C; Bouaké is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 120 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
Bouaké climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 19 | 3.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 46 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 33.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 97 | 14.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 120 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 125 | 18.4 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 136 | 20.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 142 | 22.0 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 176 | 24.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 217 | 26.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 138 | 21.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 52 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 14 | 3.5 | 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
- Yamoussoukro in MarchIvory Coast · 101 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Bouaflé in MarchIvory Coast · 111 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Dimbokro in MarchIvory Coast · 122 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Daoukro in MarchIvory Coast · 137 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Bonon in MarchIvory Coast · 141 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 78 mm rain
- Sinfra in MarchIvory Coast · 154 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Vavoua in MarchIvory Coast · 163 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Daloa in MarchIvory Coast · 181 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 88 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 Bouaké) is explained once on the Bouaké year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.