Climate averages 1991–2020
Pangkalpinang weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Pangkalpinang: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 328 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 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 Sungailiat (31 km away). In March its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Pangkalpinang, with 251 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Pangkalpinang ranks joint 80th of 200 for the warmest March highs and 135th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Pangkalpinang is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 328 mm to 335 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
Pangkalpinang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 289 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 243 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 328 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 335 | 29.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 234 | 27.2 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 170 | 22.9 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 145 | 19.4 | 12.012 h |
| August | 29.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 106 | 14.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 120 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 227 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 327 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 360 | 30.1 | 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
- Sungailiat in MarchIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 251 mm rain
- Palembang in MarchIndonesia · 175 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 299 mm rain
- Tanjung Pandan in MarchIndonesia · 182 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Prabumulih in MarchIndonesia · 255 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 304 mm rain
- Jambi City in MarchIndonesia · 284 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 272 mm rain
- Baturaja in MarchIndonesia · 310 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 357 mm rain
- Metro in MarchIndonesia · 344 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 246 mm rain
- Bandar Lampung in MarchIndonesia · 379 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 318 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 Pangkalpinang) is explained once on the Pangkalpinang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.