Climate averages 1991–2020
Louga weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Louga: daytime highs average 35.0°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Louis (53 km away). In March its highs average 27.9°C, 7.1°C cooler than Louga, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Louga ranks 9th of 16 for the warmest March highs and joint 3rd of 16 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 16 cities is 33.8°C; Louga is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 35.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 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
Louga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 3.0 | 0.2 | 11.311 h |
| February | 33.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| March, selected | 35.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.512 h |
| May | 35.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.813 h |
| June | 34.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 13.013 h |
| July | 33.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 30 | 4.6 | 13.013 h |
| August | 31.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 94 | 11.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 89 | 10.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 35.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 22 | 3.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 35.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| December | 32.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 11.211 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
- Saint-Louis in MarchSenegal · 53 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Touba in MarchSenegal · 92 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Tivaouane in MarchSenegal · 98 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Mbaké in MarchSenegal · 98 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Diourbel in MarchSenegal · 108 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Richard-Toll in MarchSenegal · 109 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Thiès in MarchSenegal · 119 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in MarchSenegal · 122 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.2 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 Louga) is explained once on the Louga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.