Climate averages 1991–2020
Grand-Bassam weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the 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 Grand-Bassam: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a moderately 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 Bingerville (23 km away). In March its highs average 30.0°C, 1.4°C warmer than Grand-Bassam, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Grand-Bassam ranks 30th of 30 for the warmest March highs and joint 6th of 30 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 30 cities is 32.3°C; Grand-Bassam is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 103 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
Grand-Bassam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 47 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 55 | 16.5 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 28.6°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 78 | 20.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 103 | 21.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 206 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 26.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 250 | 27.3 | 12.412 h |
| July | 25.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 129 | 19.8 | 12.412 h |
| August | 25.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 64 | 14.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 25.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 88 | 18.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 107 | 24.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 93 | 24.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.1°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 63 | 18.9 | 11.812 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
- Bingerville in MarchIvory Coast · 23 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Koumassi in MarchIvory Coast · 27 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Abidjan in MarchIvory Coast · 33 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Anyama in MarchIvory Coast · 47 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Dabou in MarchIvory Coast · 72 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Agboville in MarchIvory Coast · 95 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Adzopé in MarchIvory Coast · 100 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 124 mm rain
- Abengourou in MarchIvory Coast · 171 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 86 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 Grand-Bassam) is explained once on the Grand-Bassam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.