Climate averages 1991–2020
Pleiku weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 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 Pleiku: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Kon Tum (41 km away). In March its highs average 31.9°C, 1.2°C warmer than Pleiku, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Pleiku ranks 50th of 136 for the warmest March highs and joint 67th of 136 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 136 cities is 28.7°C; Pleiku is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 118 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
Pleiku climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 7.7 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 29.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 7.4 | 1.5 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 30.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 45 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 118 | 14.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 243 | 26.2 | 12.813 h |
| June | 26.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 271 | 28.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 25.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 353 | 30.0 | 12.913 h |
| August | 25.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 373 | 30.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 25.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 389 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 229 | 20.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 91 | 8.5 | 11.511 h |
| December | 25.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 29 | 4.3 | 11.311 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
- Kon Tum in MarchVietnam · 41 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 35 mm rain
- An Khê in MarchVietnam · 70 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Buôn Hồ in MarchVietnam · 119 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 35 mm rain
- An Nhơn in MarchVietnam · 120 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Qui Nhon in MarchVietnam · 134 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Đức Phổ in MarchVietnam · 139 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Sông Cầu in MarchVietnam · 145 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Buôn Ma Thuột in MarchVietnam · 146 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 16 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 Pleiku) is explained once on the Pleiku year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.