Climate averages 1991–2020
Medan weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Medan: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 2nd 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 Sunggal (6 km away). In March its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Medan, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Medan ranks joint 14th of 200 for the warmest March highs and 20th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Medan is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 190 mm to 243 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
Medan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 203 | 24.7 | 11.912 h |
| February | 29.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 147 | 20.6 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 30.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 190 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 243 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 279 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 209 | 22.8 | 12.312 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 217 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| August | 29.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 249 | 26.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 353 | 28.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 393 | 29.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 366 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 302 | 27.9 | 11.912 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
- Sunggal in MarchIndonesia · 6 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 211 mm rain
- Binjai in MarchIndonesia · 20 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Belawan in MarchIndonesia · 21 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 182 mm rain
- Percut in MarchIndonesia · 22 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 182 mm rain
- Perbaungan in MarchIndonesia · 32 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 155 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in MarchIndonesia · 57 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 188 mm rain
- Tebingtinggi in MarchIndonesia · 62 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in MarchIndonesia · 82 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 217 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 Medan) is explained once on the Medan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.