Climate averages 1991–2020
Buchanan weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 2nd 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 Buchanan: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 27 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 Monrovia (95 km away). In March its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Buchanan, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Liberia, Buchanan ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 29.8°C; Buchanan is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 167 mm to 207 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
Buchanan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 76 | 17.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 106 | 21.0 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 28.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 167 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 207 | 27.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 284 | 30.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 362 | 29.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 300 | 27.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 390 | 26.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 26.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 403 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 305 | 30.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 166 | 26.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 88 | 21.2 | 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
- Monrovia in MarchLiberia · 95 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 161 mm rain
- Gbarnga in MarchLiberia · 140 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in MarchGuinea · 249 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 118 mm rain
- Kenema in MarchSierra Leone · 256 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Danané in MarchIvory Coast · 260 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Bo in MarchSierra Leone · 298 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Gueckedou in MarchGuinea · 299 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Duekoué in MarchIvory Coast · 314 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 89 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 Buchanan) is explained once on the Buchanan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.