Bintuni weather in March

In March, Bintuni sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 310 mm of rain across 29.5 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Bintuni's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bintuni's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
8th coldest
Rainfall
310 mm
29.5 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:15 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
88%
8th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical March day in Bintuni reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Bintuni

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bintuni weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°2812912.12.6
Feb30° / 23°2782612.12.6
Mar30° / 23°31029.5122.6
Apr30° / 23°31028.9122.6
May30° / 24°24427.411.92.9
Jun30° / 23°24326.211.93.1
Jul29° / 23°20924.111.93.5
Aug30° / 23°19622.311.93.6
Sep30° / 23°21524.2123.2
Oct31° / 23°20924.9123.0
Nov31° / 23°21226.112.12.7
Dec30° / 23°26229.212.12.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1496
2496
3496
4496
5496
6496
7595
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Bintuni gets around 310 mm of rain over 29.5 wet days in March, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 95% and peaks near 97% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
193
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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the oppressive band about 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
16634
26634
36634
46634
56634
66733
76733
86832
96931
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127129
137129
147228
157228
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216931
226832
236733
246634
256634
266535
276436
286436
296337
306337
316238

Wind in March

Winds average 5 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:18 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:186:20
212.06:186:20
312.06:186:20
412.06:176:20
512.06:176:19
612.06:176:19
712.06:176:19
812.06:176:19
912.06:176:18
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1412.06:166:17
1512.06:156:16
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1812.06:156:15
1912.06:146:15
2012.06:146:15
2112.06:146:14
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2312.06:136:13
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2712.06:126:12
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2912.06:126:11
3012.06:126:11
3112.06:116:10

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.15 kWh/m² to a high of 5.26 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.1 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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314.9Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Bintuni?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bintuni.

What to pack for Bintuni in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Bintuni sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 30 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Bintuni in March

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 32 km away) is warmest in April at about 30°C and coldest in August near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan30Tropical
Feb30Tropical
Mar30Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug28Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Bintuni in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bintuni peaks around March 13 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 13UV 16Jul 11UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Bintuni?

Bintuni sits at 2.1°S, 133.5°E, 12 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Ransiki, 98 km away.

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Topography around Bintuni

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bintuni.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bintuni has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 226 m around an average of 51 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 502 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,799 m.

The land around Bintuni is covered by trees (55%) and mangroves (34%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and mangroves (34%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
226 m
16 km
502 m
80 km
2,799 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
March weather nearby: Ransiki 98 km · Manokwari 151 km · Fakfak 164 km · Teminabuan 184 km · Nabire 260 km · Sorong 286 km · Biak 303 km · Waisai 395 km

Indonesia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,060
2025
Happiness
5.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
11.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 471
Religion
Muslim 87%Protestant 8%Roman Catholic 3%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bintuni (-2.1097°, 133.5246°, elevation 12 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).