Lamin weather in March

In March, Lamin sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in March, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Lamin's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lamin's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
21°
4th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
7:18 AM – 7:13 PM
Cloud cover
26%
1st clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
6.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Lamin is city.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical March day in Lamin reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and on par with April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Lamin

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Lamin weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 20°10.211.36.5
Feb31° / 20°10.111.65.7
Mar32° / 21°00.111.95.3
Apr32° / 22°0012.35.5
May31° / 23°10.312.65.7
Jun31° / 25°203.612.85.1
Jul30° / 26°17118.312.73.8
Aug30° / 25°28825.212.43.2
Sep30° / 25°22622.712.13.2
Oct32° / 26°7511.511.74.1
Nov32° / 24°40.911.44.9
Dec31° / 21°20.311.25.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in March, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Lamin gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the humid band about 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 17% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
132322960
231323060
330333170
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Wind in March

Winds average 13 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:27 AM to 7:08 AM, and sunset from 7:11 PM to 7:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.77:277:11
211.77:277:11
311.77:267:11
411.87:267:11
511.87:257:11
611.87:257:11
711.87:247:12
811.87:237:12
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.66 kWh/m² to a high of 7.17 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 6.88 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.6Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Lamin

In seasonPeak

In March, Lamin sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Lamin sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Lamin's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Lamin sees seasonal dust haze (February–August), heaviest in June.

Atlantic hurricane
Monsoon
Dust
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Is March a good time to visit Lamin?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.3
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
8.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Lamin for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Lamin in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Lamin sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Lamin in March

The nearest coast averages about 20°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 37 km away) is warmest in October at about 29°C and coldest in March near 20°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan22Refreshing
Feb21Refreshing
Mar20Refreshing
Apr21Refreshing
May23Refreshing
Jun26Warm
Jul28Tropical
Aug28Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec24Refreshing

UV index in Lamin in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lamin peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 19UV 13Dec 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Lamin in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Lamin is worst in February — around 98 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (August, 24 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1397 µg/m³Aug 2024 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan89Unhealthy
Feb98Unhealthy
Mar80Unhealthy
Apr61Unhealthy
May52Poor
Jun60Unhealthy
Jul36Poor
Aug24Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct50Poor
Nov64Unhealthy
Dec84Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Lamin?

Lamin sits at 13.4°N, 16.4°W, 15 m above sea level, in Gambia. The nearest listed city is Banjul, 19 km away.

BanjulAbukoBrikamaKunkujangFaji KundaWelingaraSinchu AlagiTalinding

Topography around Lamin

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Lamin.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lamin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m.

The land around Lamin is covered by shrubs (33%) and water (33%) within 3 km, water (41%) within 16 km, and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
29 m
16 km
42 m
80 km
53 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
March weather nearby: Banjul 19 km · Abuko 25 km · Brikama 25 km · Kunkujang 26 km · Faji Kunda 26 km · Welingara 27 km · Sinchu Alagi 27 km · Talinding 27 km

Gambia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 25% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$919
2025
Happiness
4.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
48%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
29.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 96%Christian 4%other or none 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Lamin (13.3522°, -16.4339°, elevation 15 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).