Climate averages 1991–2020
Padang weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd 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 Padang: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 284 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 4th 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 Solok (38 km away). In March its highs average 27.9°C, 1.3°C cooler than Padang, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Padang ranks joint 101st 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; Padang is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 284 mm to 350 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
Padang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 315 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 29.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 265 | 20.1 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 284 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 350 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 291 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 210 | 18.5 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 245 | 20.3 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 319 | 23.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 354 | 24.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 397 | 26.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 481 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 387 | 25.7 | 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
- Solok in MarchIndonesia · 38 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 180 mm rain
- Pariaman in MarchIndonesia · 45 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 351 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in MarchIndonesia · 71 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 335 mm rain
- Payakumbuh in MarchIndonesia · 87 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 248 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in MarchIndonesia · 169 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.2°C · 325 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in MarchIndonesia · 203 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 213 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in MarchIndonesia · 286 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 247 mm rain
- Dumai in MarchIndonesia · 315 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°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 Padang) is explained once on the Padang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.