Climate averages 1991–2020
Yamoussoukro weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Yamoussoukro: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th 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 Bouaflé (55 km away). In March its highs average 33.4°C, about as warm as Yamoussoukro, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Yamoussoukro ranks 10th of 30 for the warmest March highs and 20th of 30 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 30 cities is 32.3°C; Yamoussoukro is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 109 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
Yamoussoukro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 20 | 3.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 48 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 33.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 92 | 16.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 109 | 18.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 107 | 20.2 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 110 | 20.3 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 83 | 16.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 28.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 101 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 149 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 112 | 21.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 52 | 12.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 16 | 3.9 | 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
- Bouaflé in MarchIvory Coast · 55 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Dimbokro in MarchIvory Coast · 66 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Sinfra in MarchIvory Coast · 74 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Bonon in MarchIvory Coast · 86 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 78 mm rain
- Bouaké in MarchIvory Coast · 101 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Gagnoa in MarchIvory Coast · 107 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Divo in MarchIvory Coast · 110 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Daloa in MarchIvory Coast · 130 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 Yamoussoukro) is explained once on the Yamoussoukro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.