Climate averages 1991–2020
Semarang weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Semarang: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 345 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th 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 Ungaran (16 km away). In March its highs average 27.2°C, 1.2°C cooler than Semarang, with 430 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Semarang ranks joint 145th of 200 for the warmest March highs and 149th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Semarang is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 345 mm to 237 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
Semarang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 391 | 29.9 | 12.512 h |
| February | 27.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 356 | 27.4 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 28.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 345 | 29.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 237 | 25.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 102 | 16.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 29.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 60 | 10.4 | 11.712 h |
| July | 30.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 38 | 6.5 | 11.812 h |
| August | 31.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 23 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 44 | 6.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 139 | 15.3 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 282 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 416 | 29.2 | 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
- Ungaran in MarchIndonesia · 16 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 430 mm rain
- Salatiga in MarchIndonesia · 39 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 430 mm rain
- Kudus in MarchIndonesia · 51 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 361 mm rain
- Jepara in MarchIndonesia · 52 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 326 mm rain
- Purwodadi in MarchIndonesia · 56 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 284 mm rain
- Magelang in MarchIndonesia · 58 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 390 mm rain
- Batang in MarchIndonesia · 65 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 326 mm rain
- Muntilan in MarchIndonesia · 67 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 390 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 Semarang) is explained once on the Semarang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.