Climate averages 1991–2020
Palangkaraya weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Palangkaraya: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 298 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 11th 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 Sampit (113 km away). In March its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Palangkaraya, with 291 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Palangkaraya ranks joint 9th of 200 for the warmest March highs and 102nd of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Palangkaraya is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 298 mm to 293 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
Palangkaraya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 282 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 253 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 30.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 298 | 28.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 293 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 189 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 137 | 19.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 30.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 99 | 15.6 | 12.012 h |
| August | 31.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 87 | 12.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 113 | 14.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 228 | 21.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 318 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 297 | 28.9 | 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
- Sampit in MarchIndonesia · 113 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 291 mm rain
- Banjarmasin in MarchIndonesia · 145 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Martapura in MarchIndonesia · 170 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 294 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in MarchIndonesia · 171 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 294 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in MarchIndonesia · 260 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 250 mm rain
- Nusantara in MarchIndonesia · 339 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 349 mm rain
- Balikpapan in MarchIndonesia · 340 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 271 mm rain
- Sintang in MarchIndonesia · 369 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 266 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 Palangkaraya) is explained once on the Palangkaraya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.