Stabat weather in March

In March, Stabat sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 167 mm of rain across 23.5 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-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 6% of the time in March, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Stabat's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Stabat's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
24°
7th coldest
Rainfall
167 mm
23.5 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:37 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
80%
2nd clearest
Wind
5 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Stabat is capital of Langkat Regency, North Sumatra 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 Stabat 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 31°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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How March really feels in Stabat

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Stabat weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°21024.311.82.9
Feb32° / 24°15119.511.93.0
Mar32° / 24°16723.5122.6
Apr32° / 24°19626.512.12.2
May33° / 24°19325.912.22.2
Jun33° / 24°13021.312.22.4
Jul33° / 24°12621.512.22.4
Aug33° / 24°16324.512.12.2
Sep32° / 24°23027.6122.2
Oct31° / 24°28229.111.92.3
Nov31° / 24°35328.911.82.4
Dec30° / 24°33627.711.82.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22377
32476
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52377
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Stabat gets around 167 mm of rain over 23.5 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 76% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
168
268
369
469
570
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770
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1071
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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 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12575
22476
32377
42377
52278
62179
72179
82080
92080
101981
111882
121882
131783
141684
151684
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201387
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Wind in March

Winds average 5 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 4 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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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min 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 6 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:42 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:426:37
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511.96:416:37
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2012.06:356:34
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2912.06:316:32
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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 5.59 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.09 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in March across the year — March's 5.59 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Stabat

In seasonPeak

None of Stabat's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Stabat sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

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

Is March a good time to visit Stabat?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Stabat.

What to pack for Stabat in March

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

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

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Stabat 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 44 km away) is warmest in June at about 30°C and coldest in January near 29°C.

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

28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar30Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Stabat in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Stabat peaks around February 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 10 (extreme).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Stabat 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 Stabat is worst in March — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2434 µg/m³Dec 1626 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr34Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun31Moderate
Jul31Moderate
Aug31Moderate
Sep34Moderate
Oct34Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Stabat?

Stabat sits at 3.7°N, 98.5°E, 12 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Binjai, 15 km away.

Topography around Stabat

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Stabat has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 81 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,973 m.

The land around Stabat is covered by trees (59%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (72%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) and water (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
81 m
80 km
2,973 m
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March weather nearby: Binjai 15 km · Sunggal 25 km · Labuhan Deli 26 km · Belawan 26 km · Medan 29 km · Deli Tua 36 km · Pangkalan Brandan 38 km · Tanjungtiram 38 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 Stabat (3.7334°, 98.4502°, 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. 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. 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).