Climate averages 1991–2020
Purwokerto weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 2nd 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 Purwokerto: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 336 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cilacap (42 km away). In March its highs average 28.2°C, 1.2°C cooler than Purwokerto, with 259 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Purwokerto ranks joint 57th of 200 for the warmest March highs and 144th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Purwokerto is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 336 mm to 243 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
Purwokerto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 426 | 29.4 | 12.512 h |
| February | 29.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 373 | 27.6 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 29.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 336 | 29.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 243 | 26.1 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 148 | 20.2 | 11.812 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 92 | 14.6 | 11.712 h |
| July | 28.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 68 | 10.6 | 11.712 h |
| August | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 54 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 90 | 12.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 204 | 20.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 350 | 27.4 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 390 | 29.0 | 12.513 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
- Cilacap in MarchIndonesia · 42 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 259 mm rain
- Tarub in MarchIndonesia · 55 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 415 mm rain
- Pemalang in MarchIndonesia · 61 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 398 mm rain
- Tegal in MarchIndonesia · 62 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 289 mm rain
- Kedungwuni in MarchIndonesia · 68 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 414 mm rain
- Wonosobo in MarchIndonesia · 74 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 524 mm rain
- Pekalongan in MarchIndonesia · 77 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 414 mm rain
- Astanajapura in MarchIndonesia · 96 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 232 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 Purwokerto) is explained once on the Purwokerto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.