Climate averages 1991–2020
Bontang weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Bontang: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 206 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samarinda (79 km away). In March its highs average 30.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Bontang, with 299 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bontang ranks joint 80th of 200 for the warmest March highs and 28th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Bontang is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 206 mm to 214 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
Bontang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 205 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 164 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 29.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 206 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 214 | 26.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 197 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 177 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 150 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 124 | 19.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 130 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 176 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 220 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| December | 29.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 248 | 28.9 | 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
- Samarinda in MarchIndonesia · 79 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 299 mm rain
- Loa Janan in MarchIndonesia · 91 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 299 mm rain
- Nusantara in MarchIndonesia · 150 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 349 mm rain
- Balikpapan in MarchIndonesia · 172 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 271 mm rain
- Tarakan in MarchIndonesia · 354 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 235 mm rain
- Toli-Toli in MarchIndonesia · 384 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 136 mm rain
- Majene in MarchIndonesia · 440 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Tawau in MarchMalaysia · 459 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 144 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 Bontang) is explained once on the Bontang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.