Climate averages 1991–2020
Gunungsitoli weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Gunungsitoli: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 312 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 06 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sibolga (139 km away). In March its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Gunungsitoli, with 361 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Gunungsitoli ranks joint 67th of 200 for the warmest March highs and joint 118th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Gunungsitoli is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 312 mm to 360 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
Gunungsitoli climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 284 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 237 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 312 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 360 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 285 | 25.3 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 233 | 22.3 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 268 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 332 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 352 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 471 | 28.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 511 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 399 | 28.4 | 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
- Sibolga in MarchIndonesia · 139 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 361 mm rain
- Subulussalam in MarchIndonesia · 156 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 339 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in MarchIndonesia · 184 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 247 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in MarchIndonesia · 224 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 188 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in MarchIndonesia · 246 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 217 mm rain
- Rantauprapat in MarchIndonesia · 263 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 228 mm rain
- Binjai in MarchIndonesia · 275 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Sunggal in MarchIndonesia · 278 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 211 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 Gunungsitoli) is explained once on the Gunungsitoli year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.