Doukouya weather in March

In March, Doukouya sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 90 mm of rain across 17.4 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 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 Doukouya's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Doukouya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
90 mm
17.4 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:33 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
72%
6th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Doukouya is village in Gôh-Djiboua, 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 Doukouya 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 Doukouya

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.

Doukouya 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
Jan33° / 22°194.311.74.0
Feb34° / 23°458.711.82.9
Mar34° / 24°9017.4122.6
Apr33° / 24°10218.812.12.7
May32° / 23°1072112.32.9
Jun30° / 23°1122112.43.5
Jul29° / 22°7816.812.34.4
Aug29° / 22°9217.612.24.4
Sep30° / 23°14122.8123.5
Oct30° / 23°11122.111.93.5
Nov31° / 23°5012.811.74.2
Dec31° / 22°174.511.64.9

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 19% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23862
33862
43763
53763
63763
73664
83565
93565
103466
113367
123268
133169
143070
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Doukouya gets around 90 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 64% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
145
246
347
448
549
650
751
852
952
1053
1154
1254
1355
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1556
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1757
1857
1958
2058
2159
2259
2359
2460
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2661
2762
2862
2963
3063
3164

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 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1110863
209883
309883
409892
508902
608902
708902
807912
907912
1006922
1106922
1205932
1305932
1404942
1504942
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1902953
2002944
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2201954
2301945
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2901918
3001918
3100919

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
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68calm
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118calm
128calm
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278calm
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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 6:39 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:396:31
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311.96:396:31
411.96:386:31
511.96:386:31
611.96:386:31
711.96:376:31
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1712.06:336:30
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2012.06:316:30
2112.06:316:30
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2412.06:296:30
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2812.06:276:29
2912.06:276:29
3012.06:266:29
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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 5.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 5.32 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Doukouya

In seasonPeak

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

Doukouya 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 Doukouya?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Doukouya.

What to pack for Doukouya in March

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

In March, Doukouya 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 Doukouya 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 Doukouya peaks around April 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 highExtremeVery highApr 14UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Doukouya 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 Doukouya is worst in January — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.4× the cleanest month (September, 14 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateJan 1875 µg/m³Sep 1014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan77Unhealthy
Feb66Unhealthy
Mar34Moderate
Apr32Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec60Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Doukouya?

Doukouya sits at 6.4°N, 5.6°W, 201 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Diégonéfla, 15 km away.

BayotaSinfra

Topography around Doukouya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Doukouya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 187 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 607 m.

The land around Doukouya is covered by trees (62%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (70%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) within 80 km.

3 km
67 m
16 km
186 m
80 km
607 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Diégonéfla 15 km · Oumé 16 km · Guépaouo 17 km · Konéfla 26 km · Moussadougou 34 km · Hiré 39 km · Bayota 44 km · Sinfra 45 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 Doukouya (6.4262°, -5.5592°, elevation 201 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).