Climate averages 1991–2020
Manado weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Manado: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 214 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 4th 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 Bitung (31 km away). In March its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Manado, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Manado ranks joint 91st of 200 for the warmest March highs and 34th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Manado is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 214 mm to 228 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
Manado climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 268 | 28.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 233 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 214 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 228 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 265 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| June | 30.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 283 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 29.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 211 | 20.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 141 | 15.2 | 12.212 h |
| September | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 155 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 228 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 250 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| December | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 281 | 29.6 | 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
- Bitung in MarchIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 155 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in MarchIndonesia · 102 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 329 mm rain
- Gorontalo in MarchIndonesia · 225 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 182 mm rain
- Ternate in MarchIndonesia · 292 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 234 mm rain
- Toli-Toli in MarchIndonesia · 451 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 136 mm rain
- Tupi in MarchPhilippines · 540 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 136 mm rain
- Surallah in MarchPhilippines · 544 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Banga in MarchPhilippines · 550 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 92 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 Manado) is explained once on the Manado year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.