Climate averages 1991–2020
Yala weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd 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 Yala: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd 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 (103 km away). In March its highs average 31.4°C, 1.0°C cooler than Yala, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Yala ranks joint 37th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 42nd of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 33.1°C; Yala is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 124 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
Yala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 79 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 43 | 7.1 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 32.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 86 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 124 | 17.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 151 | 22.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 32.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 111 | 19.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 32.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 114 | 19.1 | 12.512 h |
| August | 32.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 125 | 20.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 31.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 160 | 22.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 268 | 28.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 290 | 25.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 236 | 21.3 | 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
- Hat Yai in MarchThailand · 103 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Pendang in MarchMalaysia · 107 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 155 mm rain
- Pasir Mas in MarchMalaysia · 109 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Ban Mai in MarchThailand · 110 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Alor Setar in MarchMalaysia · 112 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Kota Bharu in MarchMalaysia · 116 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Sungai Petani in MarchMalaysia · 133 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 163 mm rain
- Kota Kuala Muda in MarchMalaysia · 146 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 161 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 Yala) is explained once on the Yala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.