Climate averages 1991–2020
Bandar Seri Begawan weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Bandar Seri Begawan: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Labuan (55 km away). In March its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Bandar Seri Begawan, with 54 mm of rain.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 131 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bandar Seri Begawan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 162 | 19.2 | 11.912 h |
| February | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 105 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 91 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 131 | 19.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 148 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 185 | 19.6 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 179 | 21.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 182 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 196 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 254 | 26.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 232 | 26.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 222 | 24.7 | 11.812 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Labuan in MarchMalaysia · 55 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Marudi in MarchMalaysia · 105 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 206 mm rain
- Miri in MarchMalaysia · 118 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Keningau in MarchMalaysia · 144 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 134 mm rain
- Putatan in MarchMalaysia · 169 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in MarchMalaysia · 174 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Bintulu in MarchMalaysia · 285 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 165 mm rain
- Tawau in MarchMalaysia · 335 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 144 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bandar Seri Begawan) is explained once on the Bandar Seri Begawan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.