Climate averages 1991–2020
Watampone weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th 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 Watampone: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parepare (97 km away). In March its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Watampone, with 258 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Watampone ranks joint 80th of 200 for the warmest March highs and 35th of 200 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 200 cities is 28.8°C; Watampone is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 215 mm to 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
Watampone climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 173 | 22.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 167 | 21.7 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 215 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 266 | 27.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 283 | 27.7 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 265 | 25.8 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 181 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 73 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 54 | 10.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 91 | 15.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 135 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 193 | 24.8 | 12.412 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
- Parepare in MarchIndonesia · 97 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 258 mm rain
- Makassar in MarchIndonesia · 120 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 284 mm rain
- Galesong in MarchIndonesia · 137 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 497 mm rain
- Palopo in MarchIndonesia · 173 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 457 mm rain
- Majene in MarchIndonesia · 187 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Kendari in MarchIndonesia · 250 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 334 mm rain
- Baubau in MarchIndonesia · 272 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 257 mm rain
- Labuan Bajo in MarchIndonesia · 443 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 314 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 Watampone) is explained once on the Watampone year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.