Climate averages 1991–2020
Kupang weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 8th 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 Kupang: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 199 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Atambua (184 km away). In March its highs average 27.6°C, 2.0°C cooler than Kupang, with 208 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Kupang ranks joint 49th of 200 for the warmest March highs and joint 25th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Kupang is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 199 mm to 78 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
Kupang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 273 | 26.8 | 12.613 h |
| February | 29.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 244 | 25.4 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 199 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 78 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| May | 30.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 23 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 15 | 1.9 | 11.512 h |
| July | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 4.2 | 1.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 30.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 31.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 4.2 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 33.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 18 | 3.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 33.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 73 | 10.5 | 12.613 h |
| December | 30.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 236 | 24.4 | 12.713 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
- Atambua in MarchIndonesia · 184 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 208 mm rain
- Maumere in MarchIndonesia · 231 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 166 mm rain
- Ende in MarchIndonesia · 259 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 287 mm rain
- Dili in MarchTimor Leste · 281 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 227 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in MarchIndonesia · 449 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 314 mm rain
- Baubau in MarchIndonesia · 535 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 257 mm rain
- Bima in MarchIndonesia · 568 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 314 mm rain
- Kendari in MarchIndonesia · 699 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 334 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 Kupang) is explained once on the Kupang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.