Climate averages 1991–2020
Sampit weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th 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 Sampit: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 291 mm of rain on roughly 28 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 Palangkaraya (113 km away). In March its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Sampit, with 298 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sampit ranks 3rd of 200 for the warmest March highs and joint 95th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Sampit is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 291 mm to 298 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
Sampit climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 262 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| February | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 235 | 24.1 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 291 | 28.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 298 | 28.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 213 | 24.7 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 155 | 19.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 116 | 16.5 | 12.012 h |
| August | 30.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 94 | 12.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 130 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 254 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 310 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 286 | 28.9 | 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
- Palangkaraya in MarchIndonesia · 113 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 298 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in MarchIndonesia · 148 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 250 mm rain
- Banjarmasin in MarchIndonesia · 202 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in MarchIndonesia · 233 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 294 mm rain
- Martapura in MarchIndonesia · 234 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 294 mm rain
- Sintang in MarchIndonesia · 331 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 266 mm rain
- Nusantara in MarchIndonesia · 452 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 349 mm rain
- Balikpapan in MarchIndonesia · 453 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 271 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 Sampit) is explained once on the Sampit year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.