Akoupé weather in March

In March, Akoupé sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 80 mm of rain across 17.4 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Akoupé's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Akoupé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
80 mm
17.4 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:27 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
73%
6th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Akoupé is commune of Ivory Coast.

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 34°C through the month.

A typical March day in Akoupé reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 1°C warmer than April.

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

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
11 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Akoupé weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°184.311.74.0
Feb34° / 24°449.611.82.8
Mar34° / 24°8017.4122.5
Apr33° / 24°8918.912.12.7
May32° / 24°11221.912.32.9
Jun30° / 23°11522.612.43.4
Jul29° / 23°9118.812.34.2
Aug29° / 22°8616.912.24.4
Sep30° / 23°11621.4123.6
Oct30° / 23°10822.111.93.4
Nov31° / 23°5513.311.74.0
Dec32° / 22°204.711.64.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
33862
43763
53763
63763
73664
83565
93466
103367
113268
123169
132971
142872
152773
162575
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Akoupé gets around 80 mm of rain over 17.4 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 56% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
150
250
351
452
552
653
753
853
953
1054
1154
1255
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1456
1557
1657
1758
1858
1959
2059
2159
2259
2359
2459
2560
2660
2760
2860
2960
3060
3161

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the oppressive band about 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
148511
248511
348511
448511
548511
638611
738611
838611
938611
1038512
1128612
1228612
1328612
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1728414
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1918415
2018316
2118217
2218118
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2418019
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2617821
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2917623
3017524
3107525

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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168calm
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218calm
228calm
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248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

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 6:33 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:336:25
211.96:326:25
311.96:326:25
411.96:326:25
511.96:316:25
611.96:316:25
711.96:306:25
811.96:306:25
911.96:306:25
1011.96:296:24
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1211.96:286:24
1311.96:286:24
1411.96:276:24
1512.06:276:24
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1712.06:266:24
1812.06:266:24
1912.06:256:24
2012.06:256:23
2112.06:246:23
2212.06:246:23
2312.06:236:23
2412.06:236:23
2512.06:226:23
2612.06:226:23
2712.06:216:22
2812.06:216:22
2912.06:206:22
3012.06:206:22
3112.06:196:22

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.13 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 5.08 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.1Bright
285.1Bright
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305.1Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Akoupé

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is March a good time to visit Akoupé?

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
4.9
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Akoupé.

What to pack for Akoupé in March

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

In March, Akoupé sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Akoupé 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 Akoupé peaks around April 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 13UV 13Dec 16UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Akoupé 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 Akoupé is worst in January — around 68 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateJan 2068 µg/m³Aug 2417 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan68Unhealthy
Feb66Unhealthy
Mar38Poor
Apr36Poor
May23Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec62Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Akoupé?

Akoupé sits at 6.4°N, 3.9°W, 142 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Affery, 10 km away.

BiébyBongouanouAndéM’BattoBécédi-Brignan

Topography around Akoupé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Akoupé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 132 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 598 m.

The land around Akoupé is covered by trees (69%) within 3 km, trees (88%) within 16 km, and trees (93%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
132 m
80 km
598 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Affery 10 km · Adzopé 31 km · Arrah 33 km · Biéby 44 km · Bongouanou 46 km · Andé 49 km · M’Batto 53 km · Bécédi-Brignan 55 km

Ivory Coast travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,050
2025
Happiness
5.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
36%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
24.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 393

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 Akoupé (6.3842°, -3.8876°, elevation 142 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).