Climate averages 1991–2020
Merauke weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Merauke: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 297 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes March a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jayapura (664 km away). In March its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Merauke, with 267 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Merauke ranks joint 101st of 200 for the warmest March highs and 101st of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Merauke is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 297 mm to 206 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
Merauke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 276 | 27.8 | 12.613 h |
| February | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 261 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 29.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 297 | 27.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 206 | 22.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 106 | 18.1 | 11.712 h |
| June | 28.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 49 | 12.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 27.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 27 | 8.4 | 11.712 h |
| August | 28.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 27 | 7.6 | 11.812 h |
| September | 29.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 33 | 7.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 70 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 106 | 16.2 | 12.512 h |
| December | 30.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 208 | 25.4 | 12.613 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
- Jayapura in MarchIndonesia · 664 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 267 mm rain
- Port Moresby in MarchPapua New Guinea · 749 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 276 mm rain
- Nabire in MarchIndonesia · 788 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 365 mm rain
- Tual in MarchIndonesia · 903 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 239 mm rain
- Manokwari in MarchIndonesia · 1102 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 312 mm rain
- Sorong in MarchIndonesia · 1320 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 342 mm rain
- Ambon in MarchIndonesia · 1453 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 158 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 Merauke) is explained once on the Merauke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.