Climate averages 1991–2020
Ambon weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ambon: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sorong (464 km away). In March its highs average 29.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Ambon, with 342 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Ambon ranks joint 145th of 200 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Ambon is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 158 mm to 203 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
Ambon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 160 | 23.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.4°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 122 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 28.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 158 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 203 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 230 | 24.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 26.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 241 | 23.9 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 175 | 21.9 | 11.912 h |
| August | 26.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 100 | 16.7 | 12.012 h |
| September | 26.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 71 | 14.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 70 | 14.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 79 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 157 | 23.8 | 12.312 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
- Sorong in MarchIndonesia · 464 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 342 mm rain
- Ternate in MarchIndonesia · 507 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 234 mm rain
- Tual in MarchIndonesia · 550 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 239 mm rain
- Dili in MarchTimor Leste · 613 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 227 mm rain
- Kendari in MarchIndonesia · 630 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 334 mm rain
- Baubau in MarchIndonesia · 649 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 257 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in MarchIndonesia · 655 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 329 mm rain
- Bitung in MarchIndonesia · 664 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 155 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 Ambon) is explained once on the Ambon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.