Climate averages 1991–2020
Ferkessédougou weather
in March.
A very hot, moderately wet 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 Ferkessédougou: daytime highs average 36.6°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet 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 Korhogo (50 km away). In March its highs average 36.4°C, about as warm as Ferkessédougou, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Ferkessédougou ranks 1st of 30 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 30 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 30 cities is 32.3°C; Ferkessédougou is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 35.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 77 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
Ferkessédougou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 4.8 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 36.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 41 | 7.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 77 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 102 | 16.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 100 | 16.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 161 | 21.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 205 | 24.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 176 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 87 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 18 | 3.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 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
- Korhogo in MarchIvory Coast · 50 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Banfora in MarchBurkina Faso · 126 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Sikasso in MarchMali · 199 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in MarchBurkina Faso · 202 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Bouaké in MarchIvory Coast · 212 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Séguéla in MarchIvory Coast · 244 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Houndé in MarchBurkina Faso · 280 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Vavoua in MarchIvory Coast · 283 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 78 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 Ferkessédougou) is explained once on the Ferkessédougou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.