Climate averages 1991–2020
Sintang weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Sintang: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 266 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes March a very wet month (the joint 7th 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 Kuching (210 km away). In March its highs average 29.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Sintang, with 276 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sintang ranks joint 4th of 200 for the warmest March highs and 72nd of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Sintang is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 266 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
Sintang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 277 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 231 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 266 | 26.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 266 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 243 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 186 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 30.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 160 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| August | 30.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 165 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 30.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 237 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 313 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 318 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 29.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 267 | 28.2 | 12.112 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
- Kuching in MarchMalaysia · 210 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 276 mm rain
- Pontianak in MarchIndonesia · 242 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Sibu in MarchMalaysia · 251 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 227 mm rain
- Singkawang in MarchIndonesia · 295 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 187 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in MarchIndonesia · 306 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 250 mm rain
- Sampit in MarchIndonesia · 331 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 291 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in MarchIndonesia · 369 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 298 mm rain
- Bintulu in MarchMalaysia · 385 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 165 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 Sintang) is explained once on the Sintang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.