Climate averages 1991–2020
Palembang 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 Palembang: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 299 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prabumulih (81 km away). In March its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Palembang, with 304 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Palembang ranks joint 9th of 200 for the warmest March highs and joint 103rd of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Palembang is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 299 mm to 273 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
Palembang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 248 | 28.2 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 242 | 25.2 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 30.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 299 | 29.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 273 | 28.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 183 | 25.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 119 | 19.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 30.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 112 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| August | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 76 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 84 | 12.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 173 | 19.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 287 | 26.9 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 300 | 29.1 | 12.312 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
- Prabumulih in MarchIndonesia · 81 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 304 mm rain
- Baturaja in MarchIndonesia · 149 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 357 mm rain
- Pangkalpinang in MarchIndonesia · 175 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 328 mm rain
- Jambi City in MarchIndonesia · 193 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 272 mm rain
- Sungailiat in MarchIndonesia · 193 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 251 mm rain
- Pagar Alam in MarchIndonesia · 207 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 281 mm rain
- Lubuklinggau in MarchIndonesia · 213 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 314 mm rain
- Metro in MarchIndonesia · 252 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 246 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 Palembang) is explained once on the Palembang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.