Climate averages 1991–2020
Kota Bharu weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Kota Bharu: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pasir Mas (14 km away). In March its highs average 30.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kota Bharu, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kota Bharu ranks joint 39th of 72 for the warmest March highs and joint 5th of 72 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Kota Bharu is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 118 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
Kota Bharu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 173 | 20.3 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 83 | 13.5 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 30.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 114 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 118 | 18.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 178 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 31.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 183 | 24.9 | 12.512 h |
| July | 30.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 185 | 25.3 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 213 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 244 | 27.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 310 | 29.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 384 | 27.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 27.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 412 | 26.0 | 11.812 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
- Pasir Mas in MarchMalaysia · 14 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Pasir Puteh in MarchMalaysia · 37 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Kuala Krai in MarchMalaysia · 66 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Yala in MarchThailand · 116 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Kuala Nerus in MarchMalaysia · 120 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 187 mm rain
- Kuala Terengganu in MarchMalaysia · 133 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Pendang in MarchMalaysia · 196 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 155 mm rain
- Sungai Petani in MarchMalaysia · 201 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 163 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 Kota Bharu) is explained once on the Kota Bharu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Pasir Mas lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.