Climate averages 1991–2020
Banda Aceh weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Banda Aceh: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lhokseumawe (205 km away). In March its highs average 29.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Banda Aceh, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Banda Aceh ranks joint 30th of 200 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Banda Aceh is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 156 mm to 202 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
Banda Aceh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 137 | 15.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 98 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 29.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 156 | 19.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 202 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 219 | 20.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 113 | 14.5 | 12.412 h |
| July | 30.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 125 | 15.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 159 | 17.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 192 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 282 | 24.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 361 | 26.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 262 | 20.9 | 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
- Lhokseumawe in MarchIndonesia · 205 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Langsa in MarchIndonesia · 315 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Binjai in MarchIndonesia · 411 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Belawan in MarchIndonesia · 420 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 182 mm rain
- Sunggal in MarchIndonesia · 424 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 211 mm rain
- Subulussalam in MarchIndonesia · 427 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 339 mm rain
- Phuket in MarchThailand · 427 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 26.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Medan in MarchIndonesia · 429 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 190 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 Banda Aceh) is explained once on the Banda Aceh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.