Tongging weather in March

In March, Tongging sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 188 mm of rain across 24.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in March, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Tongging's 4th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tongging's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
4th warmest
Overnight low
17°
8th coldest
Rainfall
188 mm
24.6 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:36 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
86%
4th clearest
Wind
3 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Tongging is village in Karo Regency, North Sumatra, 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 26°C through the month.

A typical March day in Tongging reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 27°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)
12617
22617
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42617
52617
62617
72617
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102617
112617
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242617
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302617
312617

Tongging weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 17°18925.211.94.2
Feb25° / 17°15420.411.94.6
Mar26° / 17°18824.6124.2
Apr26° / 17°23027.212.13.7
May26° / 18°19626.112.14.0
Jun26° / 17°15322.612.24.4
Jul25° / 17°16023.312.24.5
Aug25° / 17°21826.212.14.0
Sep25° / 17°24728.1123.7
Oct25° / 17°30829.111.93.7
Nov24° / 17°33829.311.93.5
Dec24° / 17°29828.411.83.8

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 8% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 90%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11189
21189
31189
41189
51189
61189
71387
81486
91486
101486
111486
121486
131486
141486
151387
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171288
181288
191288
201090
211090
22991
23991
24793
25694
26694
27595
28595
29595
30496
31496

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Tongging gets around 188 mm of rain over 24.6 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 79% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
174
274
374
475
574
674
774
874
974
1074
1174
1274
1375
1475
1576
1676
1777
1878
1979
2080
2181
2283
2384
2485
2587
2688
2789
2889
2990
3090
3191

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the humid band about 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 28% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
137423
227523
327523
427523
527523
627523
727523
827523
917623
1017623
1117623
1217623
1317623
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1517425
1607525
1707426
1807327
1907228
2017029
2116930
2216831
2316732
2416534
2516435
2616336
2716138
2816039
2915940
3015841
3115742

Wind in March

Winds average 3 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 3 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
13calm
23calm
33calm
43calm
53calm
63calm
73calm
83calm
93calm
103calm
113calm
123calm
133calm
143calm
153calm
163calm
173calm
183calm
193calm
203calm
213calm
223calm
233calm
243calm
253calm
263calm
273calm
283calm
293calm
303calm
313calm

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 6:41 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)
111.96:416:37
211.96:416:37
311.96:406:37
411.96:406:37
512.06:406:37
612.06:406:37
712.06:396:37
812.06:396:36
912.06:396:36
1012.06:386:36
1112.06:386:36
1212.06:386:36
1312.06:376:36
1412.06:376:35
1512.06:376:35
1612.06:366:35
1712.06:366:35
1812.06:356:35
1912.06:356:34
2012.06:356:34
2112.06:346:34
2212.06:346:34
2312.06:336:33
2412.06:336:33
2512.06:336:33
2612.06:326:33
2712.06:326:32
2812.06:316:32
2912.06:316:32
3012.06:316:32
3112.06:306:32

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 3.76 kWh/m² to a high of 5.02 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 5 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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65.1Bright
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115.1Bright
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135.1Bright
145.1Bright
155.0Bright
165.0Bright
175.0Bright
185.0Bright
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215.0Bright
224.9Bright
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244.9Bright
254.9Bright
264.8Bright
274.8Bright
284.8Bright
294.8Bright
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Tongging

In seasonPeak

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

Tongging 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 Tongging?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Tongging for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tongging in March

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

In March, Tongging sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Tongging 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 Tongging peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 10UV 15Jun 20UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Tongging 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 Tongging is worst in March — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1425 µg/m³Dec 1218 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan21Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Tongging?

Tongging sits at 2.9°N, 98.5°E, 926 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Paropo, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Tongging

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tongging has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,017 m around an average of 1,225 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,542 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,425 m.

The land around Tongging is covered by grassland (52%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
1,017 m
16 km
1,542 m
80 km
2,425 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Paropo 4.0 km · Kabanjahe 23 km · Sidikalang 29 km · Berastagi 33 km · Pangururan 38 km · Pematangsiantar 61 km · Deli Tua 70 km · Subulussalam 76 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 Tongging (2.8985°, 98.5231°, elevation 926 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). 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).