Climate averages 1991–2020
Nusantara weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Nusantara: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 349 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes March a very wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Balikpapan (35 km away). In March its highs average 28.6°C, 1.4°C cooler than Nusantara, with 271 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Nusantara ranks joint 23rd of 200 for the warmest March highs and 153rd of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Nusantara is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 349 mm to 356 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
Nusantara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 323 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| February | 29.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 288 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 29.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 349 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 356 | 27.9 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 270 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 221 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 181 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| August | 29.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 142 | 20.3 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 155 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 222 | 24.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 308 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 349 | 29.4 | 12.212 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
- Balikpapan in MarchIndonesia · 35 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 271 mm rain
- Loa Janan in MarchIndonesia · 61 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 299 mm rain
- Samarinda in MarchIndonesia · 72 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 299 mm rain
- Bontang in MarchIndonesia · 150 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 206 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in MarchIndonesia · 339 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 298 mm rain
- Martapura in MarchIndonesia · 340 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 294 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in MarchIndonesia · 344 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 294 mm rain
- Banjarmasin in MarchIndonesia · 351 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 277 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 Nusantara) is explained once on the Nusantara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.