Elmina weather in March

In March, Elmina sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 41 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in March, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Elmina's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Elmina's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
1st warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
41 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:16 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover
61%
6th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Elmina is town in Central Region, Ghana.

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 29°C through the month.

A typical March day in Elmina reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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How March really feels in Elmina

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.

Elmina weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 26°185.911.77.2
Feb28° / 26°256.811.86.4
Mar29° / 27°4111.6125.4
Apr29° / 26°7116.312.14.8
May28° / 26°1662512.24.0
Jun27° / 25°20423.812.34.3
Jul25° / 24°6513.212.36.1
Aug25° / 24°287.312.27.0
Sep25° / 24°5210.8126.6
Oct27° / 25°671711.95.6
Nov28° / 26°4915.211.85.7
Dec28° / 26°289.411.76.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25248
35347
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55248
65149
75149
85050
94951
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114753
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Elmina gets around 41 mm of rain over 11.6 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 39% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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236
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3139

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the miserable band about 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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2694
3694
4694
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6694
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10595
11595
12595
13595
14595
15595
16694
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19694
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28595
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Wind in March

Winds average 15 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:226:15
211.96:216:15
311.96:216:15
411.96:216:15
511.96:206:15
611.96:206:15
711.96:206:15
811.96:196:15
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1312.06:176:14
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1612.06:166:14
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1812.06:156:14
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2012.06:146:13
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2712.06:116:12
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2912.06:106:12
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3112.06:096:11

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.64 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.17 kWh/m² to a high of 5.64 kWh/m² in March across the year — March's 5.64 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Elmina

In seasonPeak

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

Elmina's monsoon runs May–June, when most of the year's rain falls.

Elmina sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Elmina?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
6.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Elmina in March

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

In March, Elmina sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Elmina in March

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in May at about 28°C and coldest in August near 23°C.

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

22°24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar28Tropical
Apr28Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul24Warm
Aug23Refreshing
Sep24Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov28Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index in Elmina in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Elmina peaks around March 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highMar 23UV 14Dec 17UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Elmina 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 Elmina is worst in January — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.4× the cleanest month (September, 13 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorJan 1768 µg/m³Sep 1313 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan70Unhealthy
Feb58Unhealthy
Mar35Moderate
Apr33Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec54Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Elmina?

Elmina sits at 5.1°N, 1.4°W, 21 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Cape Coast, 12 km away.

MankesimSekondiSekondi-TakoradiTakoradiTwifu Praso

Topography around Elmina

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Elmina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 163 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 380 m.

The land around Elmina is covered by water (52%) within 3 km, water (50%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
48 m
16 km
163 m
80 km
380 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
March weather nearby: Cape Coast 12 km · Saltpond 35 km · Shama Junction 36 km · Mankesim 43 km · Sekondi 44 km · Sekondi-Takoradi 48 km · Takoradi 50 km · Twifu Praso 63 km

Ghana travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,257
2025
Happiness
4.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
43%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
25.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 540
Religion
Christian 71%Muslim 20%other 5%traditionalist 3%

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 Elmina (5.0847°, -1.3509°, elevation 21 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. 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).