Climate averages 1991–2020
Sibolga weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd 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 Sibolga: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 361 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th 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 Padangsidempuan (68 km away). In March its highs average 28.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Sibolga, with 247 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sibolga ranks joint 49th of 200 for the warmest March highs and joint 160th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Sibolga is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 361 mm to 357 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
Sibolga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 338 | 26.7 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 313 | 23.9 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 29.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 361 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 357 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 260 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 159 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| July | 29.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 193 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 284 | 22.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 293 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 427 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 507 | 27.6 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 433 | 27.6 | 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
- Padangsidempuan in MarchIndonesia · 68 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 247 mm rain
- Rantauprapat in MarchIndonesia · 124 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 228 mm rain
- Gunungsitoli in MarchIndonesia · 139 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 312 mm rain
- Pematangsiantar in MarchIndonesia · 139 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 217 mm rain
- Subulussalam in MarchIndonesia · 143 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 339 mm rain
- Kabanjahe in MarchIndonesia · 155 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 188 mm rain
- Kisaran in MarchIndonesia · 167 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 194 mm rain
- Tanjungbalai in MarchIndonesia · 177 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 192 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 Sibolga) is explained once on the Sibolga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.