Climate averages 1991–2020
Rantauprapat weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Rantauprapat: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 228 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tanjungbalai (96 km away). In March its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Rantauprapat, with 192 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Rantauprapat ranks joint 14th of 200 for the warmest March highs and 42nd of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Rantauprapat is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 228 mm to 254 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
Rantauprapat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 231 | 27.1 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 184 | 24.0 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 30.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 228 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 254 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 212 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| June | 30.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 150 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| July | 30.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 158 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| August | 30.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 193 | 24.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 30.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 257 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 299 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 344 | 29.2 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 323 | 28.9 | 12.012 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
- Tanjungbalai in MarchIndonesia · 96 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 192 mm rain
- Kisaran in MarchIndonesia · 101 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 194 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in MarchIndonesia · 102 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 247 mm rain
- Sibolga in MarchIndonesia · 124 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 361 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in MarchIndonesia · 128 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 217 mm rain
- Tebingtinggi in MarchIndonesia · 156 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Dumai in MarchIndonesia · 185 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in MarchIndonesia · 186 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 188 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 Rantauprapat) is explained once on the Rantauprapat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.