Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanjung Pandan weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Tanjung Pandan: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 269 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 8th 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 Pangkalpinang (182 km away). In March its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Tanjung Pandan, with 328 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Tanjung Pandan ranks joint 101st of 200 for the warmest March highs and 76th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Tanjung Pandan is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 269 mm to 333 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
Tanjung Pandan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 271 | 28.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 194 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 269 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 333 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 236 | 27.4 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 167 | 21.8 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 122 | 17.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 30.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 90 | 12.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 104 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 243 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 354 | 28.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 356 | 30.2 | 12.312 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
- Pangkalpinang in MarchIndonesia · 182 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 328 mm rain
- Sungailiat in MarchIndonesia · 194 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 251 mm rain
- Palembang in MarchIndonesia · 321 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 299 mm rain
- Pontianak in MarchIndonesia · 354 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Metro in MarchIndonesia · 370 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 246 mm rain
- Rengasdengklok in MarchIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 300 mm rain
- Prabumulih in MarchIndonesia · 386 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 304 mm rain
- Teluknaga in MarchIndonesia · 390 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 222 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 Tanjung Pandan) is explained once on the Tanjung Pandan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.