Mbaké weather in March

In March, Mbaké sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Mbaké's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mbaké's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
20°
4th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
7:16 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover
27%
1st clearest
Wind
14 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
6.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Mbaké is city in Senegal.

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 37°C through the month.

A typical March day in Mbaké reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 17°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C warmer than February and about 1°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Mbaké

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.

Mbaké weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 17°30.311.24.8
Feb34° / 19°10.211.53.6
Mar37° / 20°00.111.92.2
Apr38° / 20°0012.31.5
May38° / 21°00.112.71.6
Jun36° / 23°71.312.92.4
Jul34° / 24°628.112.83.0
Aug32° / 25°14615.512.53.1
Sep33° / 24°12013.712.13.3
Oct35° / 23°274.311.72.9
Nov35° / 21°10.111.32.8
Dec33° / 18°20.311.14.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in March, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17822
27822
37822
47822
57921
67921
77921
87921
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Mbaké gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 76% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
188111
288111
388111
488111
588111
688111
788111
887121
986122
1085132
1185132
1284142
1383152
1482162
1581172
1680182
1777203
1876213
1975223
2072244
2171254
2270264
2367285
2466295
2565305
2663325
2761336
2859356
2958366
3057376
3157376

Wind in March

Winds average 14 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 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 24 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:26 AM to 7:05 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.77:267:08
211.77:267:08
311.77:257:08
411.77:247:08
511.77:247:08
611.87:237:09
711.87:237:09
811.87:227:09
911.87:217:09
1011.87:217:09
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1211.87:197:10
1311.97:187:10
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1511.97:177:10
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1911.97:147:11
2012.07:137:11
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2612.07:097:11
2712.17:087:11
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3012.17:067:12
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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 6.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.16 kWh/m² to a high of 7.36 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 6.98 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.6Intense
26.7Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Mbaké

In seasonPeak

In March, Mbaké sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Mbaké sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in June.

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

Is March a good time to visit Mbaké?

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

2.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mbaké.

What to pack for Mbaké in March

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

In March, Mbaké sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mbaké 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 Mbaké peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 19UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Mbaké 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 Mbaké is worst in February — around 101 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.1× the cleanest month (August, 32 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorPoorUnhealthyFeb 1299 µg/m³Aug 1833 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan92Unhealthy
Feb101Unhealthy
Mar79Unhealthy
Apr68Unhealthy
May64Unhealthy
Jun74Unhealthy
Jul45Poor
Aug32Moderate
Sep40Poor
Oct59Unhealthy
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec84Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Mbaké?

Mbaké sits at 14.8°N, 15.9°W, 44 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Keur Médoune, 4.0 km away.

TiéboDiourbelGossas VillageGuinguinéoBambeyKahone

Topography around Mbaké

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mbaké has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 37 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m.

The land around Mbaké is covered by cropland (50%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (54%) and grassland (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
19 m
16 km
49 m
80 km
66 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Keur Médoune 4.0 km · Touba 9.0 km · Tiébo 39 km · Diourbel 39 km · Gossas Village 41 km · Guinguinéo 58 km · Bambey 60 km · Kahone 72 km

Senegal travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / D / E / K
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 36% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,955
2025
Happiness
4.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
27%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2015
Road deaths
23.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 442
Religion
Muslim 97%Christian 3%

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 Mbaké (14.7903°, -15.908°, elevation 44 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).