Climate averages 1991–2020

Buôn Ma Thuột weather
in March.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.5°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 20.9°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 16 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Buôn Ma Thuột: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Buôn Hồ (42 km away). In March its highs average 29.6°C, 2.9°C cooler than Buôn Ma Thuột, with 35 mm of rain.

Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Buôn Ma Thuột ranks joint 39th of 136 for the warmest March highs and joint 4th of 136 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 136 cities is 28.7°C; Buôn Ma Thuột is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 53 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Buôn Ma Thuột climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Buôn Ma Thuột, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	27.3°C18.4°C	18.4°C	8.1	1.2	11.511 h
February	30.0°C19.1°C	19.1°C	3.5	0.8	11.712 h
March, selected	32.5°C20.9°C	20.9°C	16	2.7	12.112 h
April	33.2°C22.4°C	22.4°C	53	8.4	12.412 h
May	31.3°C22.7°C	22.7°C	127	21.1	12.713 h
June	29.5°C22.3°C	22.3°C	125	21.0	12.913 h
July	28.6°C21.9°C	21.9°C	145	23.2	12.813 h
August	28.2°C21.8°C	21.8°C	171	23.3	12.513 h
September	27.8°C21.2°C	21.2°C	195	24.5	12.212 h
October	27.6°C20.6°C	20.6°C	169	18.4	11.912 h
November	27.1°C20.3°C	20.3°C	88	6.8	11.612 h
December	26.0°C19.2°C	19.2°C	37	4.1	11.411 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

Distance from Buôn Ma Thuột

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Buôn Ma Thuột) is explained once on the Buôn Ma Thuột year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.