Climate averages 1991–2020
Banjarmasin weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Banjarmasin: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 277 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 10th 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 Banjarbaru (30 km away). In March its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Banjarmasin, with 294 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Banjarmasin ranks joint 41st of 200 for the warmest March highs and 84th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Banjarmasin is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 277 mm to 236 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
Banjarmasin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 291 | 28.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 248 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 29.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 277 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 236 | 27.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 149 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 113 | 17.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 29.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 89 | 14.5 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 52 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 69 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 152 | 18.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 254 | 27.6 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 328 | 29.4 | 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
- Banjarbaru in MarchIndonesia · 30 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 294 mm rain
- Martapura in MarchIndonesia · 32 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 294 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in MarchIndonesia · 145 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 298 mm rain
- Sampit in MarchIndonesia · 202 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 291 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in MarchIndonesia · 337 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 250 mm rain
- Balikpapan in MarchIndonesia · 338 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 271 mm rain
- Nusantara in MarchIndonesia · 351 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 349 mm rain
- Loa Janan in MarchIndonesia · 412 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 299 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 Banjarmasin) is explained once on the Banjarmasin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.