Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukittinggi weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Bukittinggi: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 335 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 6th 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 Payakumbuh (31 km away). In March its highs average 27.8°C, 1.7°C warmer than Bukittinggi, with 248 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bukittinggi ranks joint 191st of 200 for the warmest March highs and joint 140th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Bukittinggi is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 335 mm to 385 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
Bukittinggi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 315 | 25.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 25.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 281 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 26.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 335 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 385 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 315 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 26.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 220 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| July | 25.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 260 | 22.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 363 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 396 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 461 | 28.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 525 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 391 | 27.8 | 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
- Payakumbuh in MarchIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 248 mm rain
- Pariaman in MarchIndonesia · 44 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 351 mm rain
- Solok in MarchIndonesia · 63 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 180 mm rain
- Padang in MarchIndonesia · 71 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 284 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in MarchIndonesia · 150 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 213 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in MarchIndonesia · 224 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 247 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in MarchIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.2°C · 325 mm rain
- Dumai in MarchIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 217 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 Bukittinggi) is explained once on the Bukittinggi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.