Gbarnga weather in March

In March, Gbarnga sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 97 mm of rain across 17.7 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 31°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 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Gbarnga's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gbarnga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
97 mm
17.7 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:49 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover
75%
5th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Gbarnga is city in Liberia.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical March day in Gbarnga reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°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 Gbarnga

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.

Gbarnga 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
Jan31° / 22°235.511.64.9
Feb32° / 23°458.911.83.9
Mar31° / 23°9717.7123.4
Apr31° / 23°13321.312.13.2
May30° / 23°19025.812.33.1
Jun29° / 22°22026.812.43.4
Jul27° / 22°19025.612.43.9
Aug27° / 22°24626.312.23.8
Sep28° / 22°30928.1123.3
Oct29° / 22°17927.311.83.3
Nov29° / 22°7117.711.74.2
Dec30° / 22°266.411.65.5

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 77%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23565
33466
43466
53367
63268
73070
83070
92971
102971
112674
122575
132575
142377
152278
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311486

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Gbarnga gets around 97 mm of rain over 17.7 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 56% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
144
245
346
447
548
649
749
850
951
1051
1152
1253
1354
1455
1556
1657
1758
1859
1960
2061
2162
2263
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2564
2664
2764
2864
2964
3065
3165

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 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1113851
2112861
3112861
4111871
5110881
6110881
719891
819891
918901
1018901
1117911
1217911
1317902
1406922
1506922
1606922
1705932
1805932
1905932
2004933
2104933
2204933
2303943
2403943
2503943
2603943
2702953
2802953
2902953
3002953
3102953

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
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
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187calm
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217calm
227calm
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267calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:55 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 6:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:556:47
211.96:556:47
311.96:556:47
411.96:546:47
511.96:546:47
611.96:546:47
711.96:536:47
811.96:536:47
911.96:526:47
1011.96:526:47
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1912.06:476:46
2012.06:476:46
2112.06:466:46
2212.06:466:45
2312.06:456:45
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2512.06:446:45
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2712.06:436:45
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2912.06:426:45
3012.06:426:45
3112.16:416:44

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.43 kWh/m² to a high of 5.03 kWh/m² in February across the year — March's 4.82 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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44.9Bright
54.9Bright
64.9Bright
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Gbarnga

In seasonPeak

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

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

Gbarnga sees seasonal dust haze (April), heaviest in April.

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

Is March a good time to visit Gbarnga?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gbarnga.

What to pack for Gbarnga in March

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

In March, Gbarnga sees daytime highs around 31°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 Gbarnga 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 Gbarnga peaks around March 16 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 highMar 16UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Gbarnga 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 Gbarnga is worst in April — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.9× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateApr 1385 µg/m³Sep 910 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan48Poor
Feb55Poor
Mar65Unhealthy
Apr89Unhealthy
May36Poor
Jun16Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep10Good
Oct14Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec38Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Gbarnga?

Gbarnga sits at 7.0°N, 9.5°W, 253 m above sea level, in Liberia. The nearest listed city is Ganta, 60 km away.

GantaSaclepeaSanniquellieKakataNzérékoréNew YekepaHarbelLola

Topography around Gbarnga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gbarnga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 245 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 346 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 705 m.

The land around Gbarnga is covered by trees (52%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
346 m
80 km
705 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Ganta 60 km · Saclepea 70 km · Sanniquellie 93 km · Kakata 110 km · Nzérékoré 111 km · New Yekepa 122 km · Harbel 128 km · Lola 137 km

Liberia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 0% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$915
2025
Happiness
4.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
3.1
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
38.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Christian 85%Muslim 12%none 3%Traditional 1%

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 Gbarnga (6.9954°, -9.4712°, elevation 253 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).