Climate averages 1991–2020
Batam weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Batam: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ulu Bedok (23 km away). In March its highs average 29.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Batam, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Batam ranks joint 153rd of 200 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Batam is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 145 mm to 182 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
Batam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 199 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 98 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 28.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 145 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 182 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 210 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| June | 28.5°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 193 | 22.8 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 187 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 164 | 22.3 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 148 | 19.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.0°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 190 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 290 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| December | 27.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 298 | 24.8 | 12.112 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
- Ulu Bedok in MarchSingapore · 23 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 145 mm rain
- Singapore in MarchSingapore · 25 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Pasir Gudang in MarchMalaysia · 37 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 198 mm rain
- Jurong Town in MarchSingapore · 39 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 143 mm rain
- Woodlands in MarchSingapore · 41 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 209 mm rain
- Johor Bahru in MarchMalaysia · 46 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 209 mm rain
- Iskandar Puteri in MarchMalaysia · 52 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 183 mm rain
- Tanjung Pinang in MarchIndonesia · 55 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 165 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 Batam) is explained once on the Batam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.