Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuching weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Kuching: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 276 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singkawang (166 km away). In March its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Kuching, with 187 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Kuching ranks 58th of 72 for the warmest March highs and 72nd of 72 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Kuching is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 276 mm to 275 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
Kuching climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 422 | 28.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 314 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 29.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 276 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 275 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 245 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 191 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| July | 30.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 181 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 200 | 22.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 257 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 328 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 361 | 29.4 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 423 | 29.4 | 12.012 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
- Singkawang in MarchIndonesia · 166 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 187 mm rain
- Sibu in MarchMalaysia · 185 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 227 mm rain
- Pontianak in MarchIndonesia · 209 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Sintang in MarchIndonesia · 210 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 266 mm rain
- Bintulu in MarchMalaysia · 350 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 165 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in MarchIndonesia · 492 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 250 mm rain
- Miri in MarchMalaysia · 515 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Marudi in MarchMalaysia · 530 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 206 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 Kuching) is explained once on the Kuching year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.