Climate averages 1991–2020
Lhokseumawe weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Lhokseumawe: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Langsa (120 km away). In March its highs average 30.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Lhokseumawe, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Lhokseumawe ranks joint 91st of 200 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Lhokseumawe is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 86 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
Lhokseumawe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 113 | 17.6 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 60 | 11.3 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 29.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 66 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 86 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 95 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 61 | 12.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 66 | 13.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 79 | 15.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 92 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 158 | 24.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 248 | 26.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 27.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 258 | 24.1 | 11.812 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
- Langsa in MarchIndonesia · 120 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Banda Aceh in MarchIndonesia · 205 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 156 mm rain
- Binjai in MarchIndonesia · 230 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Belawan in MarchIndonesia · 231 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 182 mm rain
- Sunggal in MarchIndonesia · 241 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 211 mm rain
- Medan in MarchIndonesia · 244 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 190 mm rain
- Percut in MarchIndonesia · 257 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 182 mm rain
- Perbaungan in MarchIndonesia · 269 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 155 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 Lhokseumawe) is explained once on the Lhokseumawe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.