Climate averages 1991–2020
Makassar weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Makassar: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 284 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 8th 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 Galesong (20 km away). In March its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Makassar, with 497 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Makassar ranks joint 172nd of 200 for the warmest March highs and joint 89th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Makassar is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 284 mm to 292 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
Makassar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 446 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 349 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 27.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 284 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 292 | 28.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 231 | 23.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 173 | 19.7 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 117 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 56 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 64 | 9.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 163 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 255 | 28.1 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 433 | 29.8 | 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
- Galesong in MarchIndonesia · 20 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 497 mm rain
- Watampone in MarchIndonesia · 120 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 215 mm rain
- Parepare in MarchIndonesia · 128 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 258 mm rain
- Majene in MarchIndonesia · 186 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Palopo in MarchIndonesia · 254 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 457 mm rain
- Baubau in MarchIndonesia · 353 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 257 mm rain
- Kendari in MarchIndonesia · 366 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 334 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in MarchIndonesia · 376 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 314 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 Makassar) is explained once on the Makassar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.