Climate averages 1991–2020
Malacca weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Malacca: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes March a wet month (the 3rd 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 Muar (40 km away). In March its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Malacca, with 150 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Malacca ranks joint 49th of 72 for the warmest March highs and joint 17th of 72 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Malacca is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 150 mm to 206 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
Malacca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 114 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 77 | 12.8 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 29.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 150 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 206 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 217 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 181 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 185 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 193 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 189 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 221 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 271 | 27.8 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 218 | 24.3 | 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
- Muar in MarchMalaysia · 40 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 150 mm rain
- Pagoh in MarchMalaysia · 59 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Port Dickson in MarchMalaysia · 61 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Seremban in MarchMalaysia · 68 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 218 mm rain
- Parit Sulung in MarchMalaysia · 76 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 187 mm rain
- Sepang in MarchMalaysia · 78 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 189 mm rain
- Batu Pahat in MarchMalaysia · 86 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 164 mm rain
- Kajang in MarchMalaysia · 102 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 258 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 Malacca) is explained once on the Malacca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.