Arrah weather in March

In March, Arrah sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 80 mm of rain across 15.5 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 11% 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 Arrah's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arrah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
80 mm
15.5 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:27 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
72%
6th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Arrah is city of côte d'ivoire.

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 Arrah 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 Arrah

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
13 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.

Arrah 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°173.611.73.9
Feb35° / 24°438.311.82.8
Mar34° / 24°8015.5122.5
Apr33° / 24°9217.912.12.7
May32° / 24°10920.512.32.9
Jun30° / 23°11120.812.43.5
Jul29° / 22°8918.512.34.2
Aug29° / 22°9317.612.24.3
Sep30° / 23°12521.7123.6
Oct30° / 23°10120.511.93.6
Nov31° / 23°4710.211.74.3
Dec32° / 22°174.111.64.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 72%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24159
33961
43961
53862
63862
73664
83664
93565
103466
113268
123268
133070
142872
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202278
212278
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Arrah gets around 80 mm of rain over 15.5 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 50% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
142
243
344
445
546
647
747
848
948
1048
1149
1249
1350
1450
1551
1651
1751
1852
1952
2052
2152
2252
2352
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2754
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3055
3155

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 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
19865
29865
38875
48875
58875
68875
77885
87885
97885
106895
116895
125905
135896
144906
154906
163916
173907
182917
192908
202908
212899
2218910
2318910
2418811
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2618712
2718613
2818514
2918514
3018415
3108515

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
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218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
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268calm
278calm
288calm
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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
211.96:336:25
311.96:336:25
411.96:326:25
511.96:326:25
611.96:316:25
711.96:316:25
811.96:316:25
911.96:306:25
1011.96:306:25
1111.96:296:25
1211.96:296:25
1311.96:286:24
1411.96:286:24
1511.96:276:24
1612.06:276:24
1712.06:266:24
1812.06:266:24
1912.06:256:24
2012.06:256:24
2112.06:246:24
2212.06:246:23
2312.06:236:23
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2512.06:226:23
2612.06:226:23
2712.06:216:23
2812.06:216:23
2912.06:206:23
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 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.21 kWh/m² in February across the year — March's 5.18 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.2Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Arrah

In seasonPeak

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

Arrah 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 Arrah?

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
5.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Arrah.

What to pack for Arrah in March

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

In March, Arrah sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Arrah 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 Arrah peaks around April 13 at about 13 (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 highApr 13UV 13Dec 17UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Arrah 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 Arrah 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 Arrah?

Arrah sits at 6.7°N, 4.0°W, 143 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Andé, 18 km away.

DaoukroM’BattoAbengourouAdzopé

Topography around Arrah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arrah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 140 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 580 m.

The land around Arrah is covered by trees (43%), grassland (25%) and shrubs (20%) within 3 km, trees (81%) within 16 km, and trees (90%) within 80 km.

3 km
53 m
16 km
172 m
80 km
580 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Andé 18 km · Bongouanou 26 km · Akoupé 33 km · Affery 39 km · Daoukro 43 km · M’Batto 48 km · Abengourou 53 km · Adzopé 64 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 Arrah (6.6734°, -3.9694°, elevation 143 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).