Climate averages 1991–2020
Putatan 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 Putatan: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kota Kinabalu (6 km away). In March its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Putatan, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 72 cities listed in Malaysia, Putatan ranks joint 67th of 72 for the warmest March highs and joint 3rd of 72 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 72 cities is 30.1°C; Putatan is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 93 mm to 110 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
Putatan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 153 | 18.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 99 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 29.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 93 | 15.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 110 | 19.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 163 | 21.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 187 | 18.5 | 12.512 h |
| July | 29.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 166 | 18.3 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 178 | 17.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 173 | 19.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 264 | 26.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 229 | 26.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 212 | 24.8 | 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
- Kota Kinabalu in MarchMalaysia · 6 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Keningau in MarchMalaysia · 66 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 134 mm rain
- Labuan in MarchMalaysia · 115 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in MarchBrunei · 169 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Sandakan in MarchMalaysia · 228 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 197 mm rain
- Lahad Datu in MarchMalaysia · 270 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Marudi in MarchMalaysia · 274 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 206 mm rain
- Tawau in MarchMalaysia · 276 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 144 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 Putatan) is explained once on the Putatan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kota Kinabalu lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.