Kimbe weather in March

In March, Kimbe sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 413 mm of rain across 29.3 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Kimbe's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kimbe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
10th warmest
Overnight low
25°
4th coldest
Rainfall
413 mm
29.3 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:08 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
90%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Kimbe is human settlement.

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 28°C through the month.

A typical March day in Kimbe reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°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 Kimbe

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Kimbe weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 25°40629.412.33.4
Feb27° / 25°37526.312.23.4
Mar28° / 25°41329.3123.4
Apr28° / 26°31226.611.93.5
May29° / 26°17222.211.84.0
Jun28° / 26°15417.511.74.5
Jul28° / 25°16316.111.75.1
Aug28° / 25°15614.211.85.2
Sep28° / 25°16117.5124.5
Oct29° / 25°14819.812.14.2
Nov29° / 26°18324.112.33.6
Dec28° / 26°32428.212.33.4

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 6% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1793
2793
3793
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Kimbe gets around 413 mm of rain over 29.3 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 94% and peaks near 96% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
195
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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 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
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69calm
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118calm
128calm
138calm
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Sunrise & sunset in March

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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 6:09 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:096:16
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312.16:096:15
412.16:096:15
512.16:096:15
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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 4.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.01 kWh/m² to a high of 5.28 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 4.43 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Kimbe

In seasonPeak

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

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

Kimbe's rainy season runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is March a good time to visit Kimbe?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kimbe.

What to pack for Kimbe in March

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

In March, Kimbe sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

Sea temperature near Kimbe 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 20 km away) is warmest in November at about 30°C and coldest in August 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
Jan30Tropical
Feb30Tropical
Mar30Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Kimbe 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 Kimbe peaks around March 11 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 11UV 16Jun 19UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Kimbe?

Kimbe sits at 5.6°S, 150.1°E, 27 m above sea level, in Papua New Guinea. The nearest listed city is Kokopo, 272 km away.

KokopoLaePopondettaBuloloMadangGorokaPort MoresbyArawa

Topography around Kimbe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kimbe has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 597 m around an average of 106 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 846 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,904 m.

The land around Kimbe is covered by trees (60%) and water (31%) within 3 km, trees (65%) and water (33%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and water (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
597 m
16 km
846 m
80 km
1,904 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Kokopo 272 km · Lae 371 km · Popondetta 415 km · Bulolo 428 km · Madang 483 km · Goroka 529 km · Port Moresby 547 km · Arawa 605 km

Papua New Guinea travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type I
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 58% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,020
2025
Homicide rate
9.3
per 100k, 2010
Road deaths
12.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 64%Roman Catholic 26%other Christian 5%non-Christian 1%

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 Kimbe (-5.5508°, 150.1377°, elevation 27 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).