Touba in Spring

In spring (March, April and May), Touba sees average daytime highs around 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 424 mm of rain over about 59 wet days across the season. It is the 2nd-warmest season and the 3rd-wettest season.

Over the season highs ease from about 34°C in early March to 31°C by late May. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time across spring, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Spring is Touba's weakest season of the year to visit on our travel score. For the whole year in context, see Touba's year-round climate.

Avg daytime high: 32°C; 2nd-warmest season
Avg overnight low: 22°C
Rainfall: 424 mm; 59 wet days
Avg wind: 8 km/h
Travel score: 2.9; weakest season of the year
Months: Mar · Apr · May

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Temperature in Touba in Spring

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Over the season highs ease from about 34°C in early March to 31°C by late May.

A typical spring day in Touba reaches about 32°C and drops to 22°C overnight. The warmest of the three months is March, the coolest May.

How spring really feels in Touba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, spring brings about 92 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in spring is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Touba weather by month

How the three spring months (March, April and May) compare with the rest of the year — the season's months are highlighted.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 19°	17	3	11.6	4.4
Feb	34° / 21°	45	6.6	11.7	3.3
Mar	33° / 22°	109	15.9	11.9	2.8
Apr	32° / 22°	149	20.7	12.2	2.8
May	31° / 22°	166	22.7	12.4	3.0
Jun	30° / 22°	166	23.2	12.5	3.4
Jul	28° / 21°	194	25.5	12.4	3.8
Aug	28° / 21°	225	25.8	12.3	3.8
Sep	29° / 21°	248	27.1	12	3.1
Oct	31° / 21°	152	23.5	11.8	3.3
Nov	32° / 21°	56	10.8	11.6	4.1
Dec	32° / 19°	14	2.8	11.5	4.8

Cloud cover in Spring

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time across spring.

Chance of precipitation in Spring

Any precipitation

Touba gets around 424 mm of rain over 59 wet days across spring. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Humidity in Spring

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of spring feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

Wind in Spring

Winds average 8 km/h across spring.

Sunrise & sunset in Spring

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min in early March to 12 h 24 min by late May. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Solar energy in Spring

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day across spring, about 5.6 kWh/m².

Planning a trip in spring

Hazard calendar for Touba

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In spring, Touba overlaps its rainy season and dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Touba's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Touba sees seasonal dust haze (February–April), heaviest in April.

Rainy season

Dust

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May

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Is spring a good time to visit Touba?

Our two travel scores rate spring for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal), averaged across the three months.

2.9

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.8

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

spring is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Touba.

What to pack for Touba in Spring

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

In spring, Touba sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 59 days see rain.

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UV index in Touba in Spring

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV across spring averages 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 Touba peaks around March 19 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	11	14	12	12	12	11	12	13	12	9	9
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Touba in Spring

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where spring falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Touba is worst in January — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.3× the cleanest month (August, 10 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	89	88	50	40	22	16	12	10	11	18	24	51
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	89	Unhealthy
Feb	88	Unhealthy
Mar	50	Poor
Apr	40	Poor
May	22	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	12	Good
Aug	10	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	51	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Touba?

Touba sits at 8.3°N, 7.7°W, 470 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Borotou-Koro, 60 km away.

Topography around Touba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Touba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m around an average of 482 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 566 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,010 m.

The land around Touba is covered by grassland (45%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

98 m

grassland 45%

16 km

566 m

trees 46%

80 km

1,010 m

trees 57%

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Spring weather nearby: Borotou-Koro 60 km · Biankouma 61 km · Man 98 km · Ancien-Prozi 104 km · Lola 108 km · Beyla 115 km · Moussadou 116 km · Séguéla 117 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 Touba (8.2833°, -7.6833°, elevation 470 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.