Bongouanou weather in March

In March, Bongouanou sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 88 mm of rain across 15.7 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 Bongouanou's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bongouanou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
88 mm
15.7 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:28 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
72%
6th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.22 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Bongouanou is place in Lacs, 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 Bongouanou 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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How March really feels in Bongouanou

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
12 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.

Bongouanou 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°19411.73.9
Feb34° / 24°498.811.82.8
Mar34° / 24°8815.7122.5
Apr33° / 24°10018.912.12.6
May32° / 24°11220.612.32.9
Jun30° / 23°11921.312.43.4
Jul29° / 22°9018.512.34.2
Aug29° / 22°9717.912.24.3
Sep30° / 23°13222.6123.4
Oct31° / 23°10721.911.93.4
Nov31° / 23°5211.111.74.1
Dec32° / 22°214.811.64.7

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 (%)
14159
24159
34060
43961
53862
63862
73763
83664
93565
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113268
123070
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Bongouanou gets around 88 mm of rain over 15.7 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 51% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 (%)
17876
27876
37876
47876
56886
66886
76886
86877
96877
105887
115887
124897
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143907
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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
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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 6:34 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:346:26
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511.96:336:26
611.96:326:26
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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 5.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.23 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 5.22 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Bongouanou

In seasonPeak

None of Bongouanou's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Bongouanou sees seasonal dust haze (February), heaviest in February.

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

Is March a good time to visit Bongouanou?

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
7th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bongouanou.

What to pack for Bongouanou in March

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

In March, Bongouanou 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 Bongouanou 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 Bongouanou 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
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Bongouanou 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 Bongouanou is worst in January — around 75 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.7× the cleanest month (September, 16 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateJan 1874 µg/m³Sep 916 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan75Unhealthy
Feb68Unhealthy
Mar37Poor
Apr34Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov29Moderate
Dec63Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Bongouanou?

Bongouanou sits at 6.7°N, 4.2°W, 213 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Andé, 20 km away.

AkoupéAfferyDaoukroDimbokroRubino

Topography around Bongouanou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bongouanou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m around an average of 226 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 442 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 588 m.

The land around Bongouanou is covered by trees (74%) within 3 km, trees (87%) within 16 km, and trees (83%) within 80 km.

3 km
184 m
16 km
442 m
80 km
588 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Andé 20 km · Arrah 26 km · M’Batto 26 km · Akoupé 46 km · Affery 46 km · Daoukro 53 km · Dimbokro 55 km · Rubino 66 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 Bongouanou (6.6517°, -4.2041°, elevation 213 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).