Douako weather in March

In March, Douako sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 31 mm of rain across 5.5 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Douako's 4th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Douako's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
1st warmest
Overnight low
24°
11th coldest
Rainfall
31 mm
5.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:52 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover
48%
4th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Douako is human settlement in Guinea.

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 36°C through the month.

A typical March day in Douako reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 2°C warmer than April.

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

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.

Douako weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°5111.54.5
Feb35° / 22°71.311.73.2
Mar36° / 24°315.511.92.5
Apr34° / 24°7511.712.22.8
May32° / 23°16220.312.43.1
Jun30° / 22°22124.712.63.2
Jul28° / 22°26426.912.53.4
Aug28° / 21°29827.512.33.6
Sep29° / 21°30527.212.13.1
Oct30° / 21°25726.611.83.1
Nov31° / 20°618.111.64.6
Dec32° / 19°40.911.45.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17525
27426
37426
47426
57327
67228
77228
87129
97030
107030
116931
126832
136733
146535
156535
166337
176238
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196040
205941
215842
225842
235743
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255644
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275644
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315743

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Douako gets around 31 mm of rain over 5.5 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 18% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
18
28
38
49
59
610
710
810
911
1011
1111
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3130

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the muggy band about 31% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 42% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1362420155
2352420155
3342421166
4332421166
5322422176
6312322186
7302322196
8292322206
9282322216
10272223226
11262223236
12242123256
13232123267
14222024287
15201924297
16191824318
17181724339
18161723359
191516233610
201315233811
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221014224014
23913214116
24812214217
25711204318
26610204420
27510194521
2859184523
2948184624
3038174626
3137164627

Wind in March

Winds average 9 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
139calm
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 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 18 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:00 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.87:006:48
211.87:006:48
311.86:596:48
411.86:596:48
511.86:586:48
611.86:586:48
711.96:576:48
811.96:576:48
911.96:566:48
1011.96:566:48
1111.96:556:48
1211.96:556:48
1311.96:546:48
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2012.06:506:48
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2512.06:476:48
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2712.06:466:48
2812.06:456:48
2912.16:456:48
3012.16:446:48
3112.16:446:48

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.33 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.33 kWh/m² in March across the year — March's 6.33 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.3Intense
26.3Intense
36.3Intense
46.3Intense
56.4Intense
66.4Intense
76.4Intense
86.4Intense
96.4Intense
106.4Intense
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146.4Intense
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176.3Intense
186.3Intense
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206.3Intense
216.3Intense
226.3Intense
236.3Intense
246.3Intense
256.3Intense
266.3Intense
276.2Intense
286.2Intense
296.2Intense
306.2Intense
316.2Intense
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Douako

In seasonPeak

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

Douako's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Douako sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in April.

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

Is March a good time to visit Douako?

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

2.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Douako.

What to pack for Douako in March

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

In March, Douako sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Douako 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 Douako peaks around August 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 22UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Douako 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 Douako is worst in February — around 107 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 12.2× the cleanest month (August, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModeratePoorFeb 18107 µg/m³Aug 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan104Unhealthy
Feb107Unhealthy
Mar106Unhealthy
Apr75Unhealthy
May25Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul11Good
Aug9Good
Sep11Good
Oct19Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Douako?

Douako sits at 9.7°N, 10.2°W, 491 m above sea level, in Guinea. The nearest listed city is Albadéria, 22 km away.

KissidougouFaranahYende MillimouKouroussaKankanBankoGueckedou

Topography around Douako

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Douako has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 502 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 297 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 584 m.

The land around Douako is covered by trees (45%), shrubs (33%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and shrubs (35%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
134 m
16 km
297 m
80 km
584 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Albadéria 22 km · Kissidougou 62 km · Faranah 70 km · Yende Millimou 94 km · Kouroussa 107 km · Kankan 120 km · Banko 124 km · Gueckedou 130 km

Guinea travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F / K
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,877
2025
Happiness
4.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
29.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 85%Christian 13%none 1%animist 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 Douako (9.7333°, -10.1833°, elevation 491 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. 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).