Climate averages 1991–2020
Galesong weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Galesong: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 497 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th 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 Makassar (20 km away). In March its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Galesong, with 284 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Galesong ranks joint 164th of 200 for the warmest March highs and 199th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Galesong is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 497 mm to 247 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
Galesong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 915 | 29.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 746 | 26.6 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 27.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 497 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 247 | 18.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 52 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 33 | 5.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 19 | 3.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 3.7 | 1.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 4.9 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 37 | 5.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 200 | 18.3 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 838 | 28.9 | 12.412 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
- Makassar in MarchIndonesia · 20 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 284 mm rain
- Watampone in MarchIndonesia · 137 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 215 mm rain
- Parepare in MarchIndonesia · 148 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 258 mm rain
- Majene in MarchIndonesia · 202 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Palopo in MarchIndonesia · 274 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 457 mm rain
- Bima in MarchIndonesia · 357 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 314 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in MarchIndonesia · 358 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 314 mm rain
- Baubau in MarchIndonesia · 359 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 257 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 Galesong) is explained once on the Galesong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.