Climate averages 1991–2020
Bintulu weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Bintulu: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sibu (166 km away). In March its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Bintulu, with 227 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Bintulu ranks joint 35th of 72 for the warmest March highs and 25th of 72 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Bintulu is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 165 mm to 188 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
Bintulu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 299 | 26.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 193 | 21.8 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 165 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 188 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 183 | 22.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 177 | 20.4 | 12.312 h |
| July | 30.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 170 | 19.6 | 12.312 h |
| August | 30.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 196 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| September | 30.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 213 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 274 | 27.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 291 | 28.4 | 12.012 h |
| December | 29.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 348 | 28.7 | 11.912 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
- Sibu in MarchMalaysia · 166 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 227 mm rain
- Miri in MarchMalaysia · 173 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Marudi in MarchMalaysia · 182 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 206 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in MarchBrunei · 285 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Labuan in MarchMalaysia · 340 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Kuching in MarchMalaysia · 350 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 276 mm rain
- Sintang in MarchIndonesia · 385 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 266 mm rain
- Keningau in MarchMalaysia · 422 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 134 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 Bintulu) is explained once on the Bintulu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.