Climate averages 1991–2020
Ban Mai weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ban Mai: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Hat Yai (23 km away). In March its highs average 31.4°C, 2.1°C warmer than Ban Mai, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Ban Mai ranks joint 45th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 43rd of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 33.1°C; Ban Mai is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 112 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
Ban Mai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 104 | 14.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 48 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 29.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 89 | 12.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 112 | 17.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.7°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 120 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 95 | 17.7 | 12.513 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 86 | 17.2 | 12.512 h |
| August | 30.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 86 | 17.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 123 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 270 | 27.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 403 | 27.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 27.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 338 | 22.4 | 11.712 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
- Hat Yai in MarchThailand · 23 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Yala in MarchThailand · 110 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Alor Setar in MarchMalaysia · 122 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Pendang in MarchMalaysia · 135 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 155 mm rain
- Nakhon Si Thammarat in MarchThailand · 151 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Sungai Petani in MarchMalaysia · 173 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 163 mm rain
- Kota Kuala Muda in MarchMalaysia · 181 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Tasek Glugor in MarchMalaysia · 192 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 172 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 Ban Mai) is explained once on the Ban Mai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.