Raha weather in March

In March, Raha sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 235 mm of rain across 28.2 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-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 3% 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 Raha's 9th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Raha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
25°
9th coldest
Rainfall
235 mm
28.2 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
5:58 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover
82%
9th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
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 Raha reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 31°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 Raha

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.

Raha weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 25°19827.812.22.7
Feb30° / 25°20925.712.22.7
Mar30° / 25°23528.2122.8
Apr30° / 25°22726.911.92.9
May29° / 25°19123.111.83.7
Jun29° / 24°16319.511.74.3
Jul29° / 24°8813.111.75.3
Aug29° / 23°356.911.85.8
Sep30° / 24°316125.2
Oct31° / 24°5810.712.14.3
Nov32° / 25°12318.912.23.3
Dec31° / 25°2012812.32.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5991
6991
7991
81090
91090
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Raha gets around 235 mm of rain over 28.2 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 91% and peaks near 93% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
192
292
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492
592
692
792
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992
1092
1192
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1491
1591
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1790
1890
1990
2090
2190
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2490
2590
2691
2791
2892
2992
3093
3193

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 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12377
22377
32377
42377
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112476
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212575
222476
232476
242377
252377
262278
272278
282179
292179
302080
312080

Wind in March

Winds average 6 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
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116calm
126calm
136calm
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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 5:59 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 5:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:596:05
212.15:596:05
312.15:596:05
412.15:596:04
512.15:596:04
612.15:596:04
712.15:596:03
812.15:596:03
912.15:596:03
1012.15:596:02
1112.15:586:02
1212.15:586:01
1312.05:586:01
1412.05:586:01
1512.05:586:00
1612.05:586:00
1712.05:585:59
1812.05:575:59
1912.05:575:58
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2812.05:565:54
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.41 kWh/m² to a high of 6.53 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.63 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.4Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Raha

In seasonPeak

In March, Raha sits inside its cyclone season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Raha sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Cyclone
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Raha?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Raha.

What to pack for Raha in March

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

In March, Raha sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Raha 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 26 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
Jul28Tropical
Aug28Warm
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Raha 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 Raha peaks around February 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 17UV 16Jul 11UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Raha?

Raha sits at 4.8°S, 122.7°E, 19 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Katobu, 1.0 km away.

SengkangPalopo

Topography around Raha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Raha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 482 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,042 m.

The land around Raha is covered by trees (50%) and water (29%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and water (35%) within 16 km, and water (51%) and trees (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
126 m
16 km
482 m
80 km
1,042 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
March weather nearby: Katobu 1.0 km · Baubau 71 km · Kendari 98 km · Watampone 267 km · Bungku 268 km · Sinjai 275 km · Sengkang 309 km · Palopo 347 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 Raha (-4.838°, 122.7209°, elevation 19 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).