Climate averages 1991–2020
Bengkulu weather
in March.
A hot, very 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 Bengkulu: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 244 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes March a very 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 Lubuklinggau (87 km away). In March its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Bengkulu, with 314 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bengkulu ranks joint 136th of 200 for the warmest March highs and 56th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Bengkulu 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 244 mm to 235 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
Bengkulu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 284 | 26.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 250 | 22.1 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 28.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 244 | 24.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 235 | 24.8 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 209 | 23.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 160 | 19.0 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 159 | 19.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 28.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 188 | 18.9 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 197 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 255 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 348 | 27.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 328 | 26.6 | 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
- Lubuklinggau in MarchIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 314 mm rain
- Pagar Alam in MarchIndonesia · 112 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 281 mm rain
- Baturaja in MarchIndonesia · 214 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 357 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in MarchIndonesia · 217 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.2°C · 325 mm rain
- Prabumulih in MarchIndonesia · 222 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 304 mm rain
- Jambi City in MarchIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 272 mm rain
- Palembang in MarchIndonesia · 292 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 299 mm rain
- Metro in MarchIndonesia · 367 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 246 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 Bengkulu) is explained once on the Bengkulu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.