Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint-Louis weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Saint-Louis: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th 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 Louga (53 km away). In March its highs average 35.0°C, 7.1°C warmer than Saint-Louis, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Saint-Louis ranks 15th 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; Saint-Louis is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.6°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
Saint-Louis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 2.7 | 0.2 | 11.311 h |
| February | 27.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.4 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| March, selected | 27.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.512 h |
| May | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.913 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 13.113 h |
| July | 29.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 11 | 2.0 | 13.013 h |
| August | 30.1°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 57 | 7.7 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 52 | 7.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.1°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 13 | 2.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| December | 28.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 1.7 | 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
- Louga in MarchSenegal · 53 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Richard-Toll in MarchSenegal · 98 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Tivaouane in MarchSenegal · 124 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Touba in MarchSenegal · 144 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Thiès in MarchSenegal · 144 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in MarchSenegal · 146 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Mbaké in MarchSenegal · 150 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Diourbel in MarchSenegal · 155 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.3 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 Saint-Louis) is explained once on the Saint-Louis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.