Bianouan weather in March

In March, Bianouan sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 131 mm of rain across 23.7 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-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 7% 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 Bianouan's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bianouan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
131 mm
23.7 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:24 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
76%
6th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
4.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Bianouan is town and sub-prefecture in Comoé, 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 32°C through the month.

A typical March day in Bianouan reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with 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 Bianouan

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.

Bianouan weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 22°378.611.74.1
Feb33° / 24°6814.711.83.0
Mar32° / 24°13123.7122.5
Apr32° / 23°13823.512.12.7
May31° / 23°17427.312.32.7
Jun29° / 23°18627.412.33.1
Jul28° / 22°13924.112.33.9
Aug28° / 22°9821.112.24.3
Sep29° / 22°14726123.3
Oct30° / 23°17927.611.92.9
Nov31° / 23°10521.211.73.3
Dec31° / 22°4811.911.74.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
22971
32872
42773
52773
62773
72773
82872
92872
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112773
122575
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152278
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Bianouan gets around 131 mm of rain over 23.7 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 76% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
169
270
371
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3077
3177

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 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
116237
216138
316039
406139
506040
606040
705941
805941
905842
1005842
1105743
1205743
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1515643
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2015742
2115643
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2615346
2715247
2805248
2905248
3005149
3105050

Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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57calm
67calm
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107calm
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137calm
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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 6:30 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:306:22
211.96:296:22
311.96:296:22
411.96:296:22
511.96:286:22
611.96:286:22
711.96:286:22
811.96:276:22
911.96:276:22
1011.96:266:22
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2712.06:186:20
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2912.06:176:19
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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 4.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.71 kWh/m² to a high of 4.99 kWh/m² in January across the year — March's 4.96 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Bianouan

In seasonPeak

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

Bianouan 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 Bianouan?

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
4.3
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bianouan.

What to pack for Bianouan in March

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

In March, Bianouan sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bianouan 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 Bianouan peaks around April 12 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 12UV 13Dec 17UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

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

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateJan 1867 µg/m³Sep 1017 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan68Unhealthy
Feb61Unhealthy
Mar39Poor
Apr36Poor
May23Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov29Moderate
Dec57Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Bianouan?

Bianouan sits at 6.0°N, 3.2°W, 119 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Aboisso Comoé, 39 km away.

EbilassokroBiébyAboissoMaféréAhigbé KoffikroNiabléAdzopé

Topography around Bianouan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bianouan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m around an average of 120 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 617 m.

The land around Bianouan is covered by trees (89%) within 3 km, trees (93%) within 16 km, and trees (96%) within 80 km.

3 km
88 m
16 km
153 m
80 km
617 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Aboisso Comoé 39 km · Ebilassokro 44 km · Biéby 50 km · Aboisso 61 km · Maféré 69 km · Ahigbé Koffikro 70 km · Niablé 73 km · Adzopé 75 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 Bianouan (6.012°, -3.1902°, elevation 119 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).