Climate averages 1991–2020
Solok weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Solok: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 180 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 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 Padang (38 km away). In March its highs average 29.1°C, 1.3°C warmer than Solok, with 284 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Solok ranks joint 161st of 200 for the warmest March highs and 14th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Solok is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 180 mm to 209 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
Solok climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 194 | 24.7 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 151 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 27.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 180 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 209 | 25.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 153 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 28.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 97 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 107 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 137 | 21.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 157 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 181 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 255 | 26.1 | 12.212 h |
| December | 26.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 228 | 25.4 | 12.212 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
- Padang in MarchIndonesia · 38 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 284 mm rain
- Pariaman in MarchIndonesia · 63 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 351 mm rain
- Bukittinggi in MarchIndonesia · 63 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 335 mm rain
- Payakumbuh in MarchIndonesia · 65 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 248 mm rain
- Sungai Penuh in MarchIndonesia · 162 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.2°C · 325 mm rain
- Pekanbaru in MarchIndonesia · 170 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 213 mm rain
- Padangsidempuan in MarchIndonesia · 287 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 247 mm rain
- Dumai in MarchIndonesia · 288 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 217 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 Solok) is explained once on the Solok year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.