Gagnoa weather in March

In March, Gagnoa sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 93 mm of rain across 17.6 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 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% 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 Gagnoa's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gagnoa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
23°
11th coldest
Rainfall
93 mm
17.6 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:35 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover
74%
6th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Gagnoa is city in 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 33°C through the month.

A typical March day in Gagnoa reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°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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How March really feels in Gagnoa

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.

Gagnoa 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° / 21°245.811.74.4
Feb33° / 23°5310.311.83.3
Mar33° / 23°9317.6122.9
Apr32° / 23°10119.212.12.9
May31° / 23°12723.912.33.0
Jun29° / 22°12922.612.33.6
Jul28° / 22°8417.912.34.5
Aug28° / 22°9818.712.24.5
Sep29° / 22°15824.4123.5
Oct30° / 22°14225.111.93.3
Nov30° / 22°6416.111.74.0
Dec31° / 22°266.711.75.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23268
33268
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53169
63169
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Gagnoa gets around 93 mm of rain over 17.6 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 (%)
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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 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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25923
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55923
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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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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 6:41 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:416:33
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511.96:396:33
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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 5.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.23 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 5.17 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Gagnoa

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Gagnoa?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gagnoa.

What to pack for Gagnoa in March

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

In March, Gagnoa sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gagnoa 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 Gagnoa peaks around April 13 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 13UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Gagnoa 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 Gagnoa is worst in January — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.5× the cleanest month (September, 12 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateModeratePoorJan 2052 µg/m³Sep 1212 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan53Poor
Feb49Poor
Mar30Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec44Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Gagnoa?

Gagnoa sits at 6.1°N, 6.0°W, 202 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Guibéroua, 27 km away.

DignagoGalébréLakotaDiégonéfla

Topography around Gagnoa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gagnoa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 201 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 378 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 579 m.

The land around Gagnoa is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, trees (81%) within 16 km, and trees (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
56 m
16 km
378 m
80 km
579 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Guibéroua 27 km · Moussadougou 29 km · Gnatroa 32 km · Bayota 37 km · Dignago 40 km · Galébré 40 km · Lakota 43 km · Diégonéfla 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 Gagnoa (6.1319°, -5.9506°, elevation 202 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).