Climate averages 1991–2020

Mbour weather
in March.

A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 19.3°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Mbour: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Thiès Nones (40 km away). In March its highs average 31.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Mbour, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Mbour ranks 11th of 16 for the warmest March highs and joint 5th of 16 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 16 cities is 33.8°C; Mbour is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mbour climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mbour, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	30.3°C18.4°C	18.4°C	1.6	0.2	11.411 h
February	31.4°C19.0°C	19.0°C	1.3	0.1	11.712 h
March, selected	32.2°C19.3°C	19.3°C	0.2	0.1	12.012 h
April	31.9°C19.5°C	19.5°C	0	0.0	12.412 h
May	31.3°C20.6°C	20.6°C	0.1	0.0	12.813 h
June	30.5°C22.9°C	22.9°C	2.4	0.6	13.013 h
July	30.2°C24.7°C	24.7°C	50	7.2	12.913 h
August	29.5°C25.0°C	25.0°C	154	15.7	12.613 h
September	29.8°C25.0°C	25.0°C	111	14.4	12.212 h
October	31.8°C24.9°C	24.9°C	31	4.5	11.812 h
November	33.1°C22.6°C	22.6°C	0.6	0.1	11.511 h
December	31.3°C20.0°C	20.0°C	1.2	0.3	11.311 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

Distance from Mbour

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mbour) is explained once on the Mbour year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.