Climate averages 1991–2020
Pekanbaru weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Pekanbaru: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 213 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 8th 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 Payakumbuh (121 km away). In March its highs average 27.8°C, 2.2°C cooler than Pekanbaru, with 248 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Pekanbaru ranks joint 14th of 200 for the warmest March highs and 33rd of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Pekanbaru is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 213 mm to 233 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
Pekanbaru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 210 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 159 | 21.3 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 213 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 233 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 191 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 131 | 19.6 | 12.212 h |
| July | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 124 | 19.0 | 12.112 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 157 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 30.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 195 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 241 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 298 | 27.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 263 | 26.8 | 12.112 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
- Payakumbuh in MarchIndonesia · 121 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 248 mm rain
- Dumai in MarchIndonesia · 128 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in MarchIndonesia · 150 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 335 mm rain
- Solok in MarchIndonesia · 170 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 180 mm rain
- Pariaman in MarchIndonesia · 194 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 351 mm rain
- Padang in MarchIndonesia · 203 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 284 mm rain
- Malacca in MarchMalaysia · 207 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 150 mm rain
- Muar in MarchMalaysia · 211 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 150 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 Pekanbaru) is explained once on the Pekanbaru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.