Kotabumi weather in March

In March, Kotabumi sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 281 mm of rain across 28.7 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in March, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Kotabumi's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kotabumi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
281 mm
28.7 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:09 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover
86%
8th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.3
out of 10

Kotabumi is capital of North Lampung Regency, Lampung Province, Indonesia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical March day in Kotabumi reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 33°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 Kotabumi

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.

Kotabumi weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°25327.712.22.6
Feb31° / 24°22924.812.22.6
Mar32° / 24°28128.7122.3
Apr32° / 24°2382711.92.4
May32° / 24°16324.311.82.7
Jun31° / 24°10619.811.73.2
Jul31° / 23°9516.911.73.6
Aug32° / 23°7113.411.83.5
Sep33° / 24°6511.5123.1
Oct33° / 24°13317.212.12.7
Nov32° / 24°2302512.22.4
Dec31° / 24°29628.812.32.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1694
2694
3694
4793
5793
6793
7793
8892
9892
10892
11892
12991
13991
14991
15991
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301090
311189

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Kotabumi gets around 281 mm of rain over 28.7 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 92% and peaks near 94% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
191
291
392
492
592
693
793
893
993
1093
1193
1293
1392
1492
1592
1692
1791
1891
1991
2091
2192
2292
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2492
2592
2693
2793
2893
2994
3094
3194

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the miserable band about 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
15149
25050
35050
44951
54951
64951
74852
84852
94852
104852
114753
124753
134654
144555
154456
164357
174258
184159
194060
203961
213862
223763
233664
243565
253466
263367
273367
283268
293268
303268
313169

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 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
125calm
135calm
145calm
155calm
165calm
175calm
185calm
195calm
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265calm
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305calm
315calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:11 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:116:17
212.16:116:16
312.16:116:16
412.16:116:16
512.16:106:15
612.16:106:15
712.16:106:15
812.16:106:14
912.16:106:14
1012.16:106:14
1112.16:106:13
1212.16:106:13
1312.06:106:12
1412.06:096:12
1512.06:096:12
1612.06:096:11
1712.06:096:11
1812.06:096:10
1912.06:096:10
2012.06:086:09
2112.06:086:09
2212.06:086:08
2312.06:086:08
2412.06:086:08
2512.06:086:07
2612.06:076:07
2712.06:076:06
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2912.06:076:05
3012.06:076:05
3112.06:076:04

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.72 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Is March a good time to visit Kotabumi?

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

2.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kotabumi.

What to pack for Kotabumi in March

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

In March, Kotabumi sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kotabumi in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kotabumi peaks around February 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 17 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeExtremeFeb 22UV 15Nov 17UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Kotabumi in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kotabumi is worst in October — around 82 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.7× the cleanest month (January, 30 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorOct 1380 µg/m³Jan 2330 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan30Moderate
Feb31Moderate
Mar36Poor
Apr39Poor
May39Poor
Jun43Poor
Jul47Poor
Aug51Poor
Sep71Unhealthy
Oct82Unhealthy
Nov54Poor
Dec37Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Kotabumi?

Kotabumi sits at 4.8°S, 104.9°E, 37 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Terbanggi Besar, 38 km away.

Topography around Kotabumi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kotabumi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 34 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,072 m.

The land around Kotabumi is covered by trees (64%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, trees (82%) within 16 km, and trees (82%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
109 m
80 km
2,072 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Terbanggi Besar 38 km · Metro 57 km · Bandar Lampung 79 km · Baturaja 111 km · Tanjungagung 155 km · Prabumulih 171 km · Indralaya 176 km · Cilegon 185 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 Kotabumi (-4.8251°, 104.8817°, elevation 37 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).