Climate averages 1991–2020
Bitung weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 6th 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 Bitung: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a wet month (the 5th 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 Manado (31 km away). In March its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Bitung, with 214 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bitung ranks joint 101st of 200 for the warmest March highs and joint 7th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Bitung is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 155 mm to 188 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
Bitung climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 178 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 167 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 29.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 155 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 188 | 23.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 222 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| June | 28.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 220 | 22.7 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 146 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 74 | 10.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 66 | 11.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 126 | 17.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 164 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| December | 29.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 172 | 25.8 | 12.012 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
- Manado in MarchIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 214 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in MarchIndonesia · 119 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 329 mm rain
- Gorontalo in MarchIndonesia · 251 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 182 mm rain
- Ternate in MarchIndonesia · 261 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 234 mm rain
- Toli-Toli in MarchIndonesia · 481 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 136 mm rain
- Tupi in MarchPhilippines · 545 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 136 mm rain
- Surallah in MarchPhilippines · 550 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Banga in MarchPhilippines · 555 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 92 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 Bitung) is explained once on the Bitung year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.