Climate averages 1991–2020

Balikpapan weather
in March.

A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.6°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 24.1°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 271 mm 28 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Balikpapan: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 271 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nusantara (35 km away). In March its highs average 29.9°C, 1.4°C warmer than Balikpapan, with 349 mm of rain.

Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Balikpapan ranks joint 136th of 200 for the warmest March highs and joint 78th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Balikpapan is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs stay level at 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 271 mm to 264 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Balikpapan climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Balikpapan, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.3°C23.9°C	23.9°C	258	27.5	12.212 h
February	28.5°C24.0°C	24.0°C	228	24.0	12.212 h
March, selected	28.6°C24.1°C	24.1°C	271	27.8	12.112 h
April	28.6°C24.2°C	24.2°C	264	27.5	12.112 h
May	28.3°C24.6°C	24.6°C	198	27.6	12.112 h
June	27.9°C24.4°C	24.4°C	172	24.9	12.012 h
July	27.5°C24.3°C	24.3°C	142	22.3	12.112 h
August	27.8°C24.6°C	24.6°C	101	17.9	12.112 h
September	28.2°C24.6°C	24.6°C	109	17.0	12.112 h
October	28.4°C24.5°C	24.5°C	158	22.3	12.112 h
November	28.3°C24.1°C	24.1°C	218	27.5	12.212 h
December	28.4°C24.1°C	24.1°C	268	28.8	12.212 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

Distance from Balikpapan

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Balikpapan) is explained once on the Balikpapan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.