Climate averages 1991–2020
Kara weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Kara: daytime highs average 37.1°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Djougou (55 km away). In March its highs average 36.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Kara, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Kara ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 34.3°C; Kara is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 35.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 90 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
Kara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 2.2 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 9.6 | 1.9 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 37.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 32 | 5.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 90 | 15.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 144 | 20.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 160 | 22.8 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 233 | 27.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 305 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 266 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 134 | 18.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 13 | 2.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.612 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
- Djougou in MarchBenin · 55 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Sokodé in MarchTogo · 63 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Parakou in MarchBenin · 160 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Tamale in MarchGhana · 223 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Atakpamé in MarchTogo · 224 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Bawku in MarchGhana · 229 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Saki in MarchNigeria · 262 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in MarchGhana · 262 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 10 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 Kara) is explained once on the Kara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.