Climate averages 1991–2020
Pangkalanbuun weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Pangkalanbuun: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 250 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th 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 (148 km away). In March its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Pangkalanbuun, with 291 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Pangkalanbuun ranks joint 23rd of 200 for the warmest March highs and 60th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Pangkalanbuun is 1.2°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 250 mm to 269 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
Pangkalanbuun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 242 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 208 | 22.8 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 29.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 250 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 269 | 28.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 210 | 25.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 170 | 19.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 129 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 99 | 13.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 132 | 14.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 238 | 22.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 293 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 294 | 29.2 | 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
- Sampit in MarchIndonesia · 148 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 291 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in MarchIndonesia · 260 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 298 mm rain
- Sintang in MarchIndonesia · 306 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 266 mm rain
- Banjarmasin in MarchIndonesia · 337 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in MarchIndonesia · 366 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 294 mm rain
- Martapura in MarchIndonesia · 369 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 294 mm rain
- Pontianak in MarchIndonesia · 390 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Batang in MarchIndonesia · 435 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 326 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 Pangkalanbuun) is explained once on the Pangkalanbuun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.