Climate averages 1991–2020
Monrovia weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Monrovia: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes March a wet month (the 4th 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 Buchanan (95 km away). In March its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Monrovia, with 167 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Liberia, Monrovia ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 29.8°C; Monrovia is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 161 mm to 208 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
Monrovia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 83 | 17.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 103 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 29.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 161 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 208 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 321 | 29.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 492 | 29.0 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 419 | 26.8 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 492 | 27.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 530 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 358 | 30.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 192 | 27.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 105 | 23.0 | 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
- Buchanan in MarchLiberia · 95 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 167 mm rain
- Gbarnga in MarchLiberia · 166 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Kenema in MarchSierra Leone · 181 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Bo in MarchSierra Leone · 212 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Koidu in MarchSierra Leone · 261 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Gueckedou in MarchGuinea · 262 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in MarchGuinea · 272 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 118 mm rain
- Danané in MarchIvory Coast · 311 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 93 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 Monrovia) is explained once on the Monrovia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.