Climate averages 1991–2020
Sorong weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th 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 Sorong: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 342 mm of rain on roughly 29 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 Manokwari (312 km away). In March its highs average 27.2°C, 1.8°C cooler than Sorong, with 312 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sorong ranks joint 112th of 200 for the warmest March highs and 147th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Sorong is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 342 mm to 374 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
Sorong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 305 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 265 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 29.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 342 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 374 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 314 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 302 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 260 | 23.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 226 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 249 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 272 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 299 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 344 | 29.7 | 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
- Manokwari in MarchIndonesia · 312 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 312 mm rain
- Ambon in MarchIndonesia · 464 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 158 mm rain
- Ternate in MarchIndonesia · 469 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 234 mm rain
- Nabire in MarchIndonesia · 546 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 365 mm rain
- Tual in MarchIndonesia · 553 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 239 mm rain
- Bitung in MarchIndonesia · 729 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 155 mm rain
- Manado in MarchIndonesia · 760 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 214 mm rain
- Kotamobagu in MarchIndonesia · 793 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 329 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 Sorong) is explained once on the Sorong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.