Mendi weather in March

In March, Mendi sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 504 mm of rain across 29.9 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in March, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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 Mendi's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mendi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 504 mm; 29.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:34 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 97%; 11th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Mendi is capital city of Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea.

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical March day in Mendi reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	13
2	21	13
3	21	13
4	21	13
5	21	13
6	21	13
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	21	13
16	21	13
17	21	13
18	21	13
19	21	13
20	21	13
21	21	13
22	21	13
23	21	13
24	21	13
25	21	13
26	21	13
27	21	13
28	21	13
29	21	13
30	21	13
31	21	13

Mendi weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 13°	450	29.4	12.3	3.4
Feb	22° / 13°	427	26.8	12.2	3.4
Mar	21° / 13°	504	29.9	12	3.3
Apr	21° / 14°	583	29.2	11.9	3.3
May	21° / 13°	557	29.9	11.7	3.4
Jun	20° / 13°	468	29.1	11.7	3.3
Jul	20° / 13°	412	29.7	11.7	3.3
Aug	20° / 13°	480	29.6	11.8	3.3
Sep	20° / 13°	567	28.4	12	3.4
Oct	21° / 13°	591	28.7	12.1	3.5
Nov	22° / 13°	486	28	12.3	3.5
Dec	22° / 13°	452	29.3	12.4	3.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 0% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 100%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cloudier (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	0	100
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Mendi gets around 504 mm of rain over 29.9 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 96% and peaks near 97% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	96
4	96
5	96
6	96
7	96
8	96
9	96
10	96
11	96
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	96
20	96
21	96
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the comfortable band about 80% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Comfortable (%)	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	81	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	78	76	76	75	75	74
Humid (%)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	22	22	23	23	24

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	81	16
2	3	81	16
3	3	81	16
4	3	81	16
5	3	81	16
6	3	81	16
7	3	81	16
8	3	81	16
9	3	81	16
10	3	81	16
11	3	81	16
12	3	81	16
13	3	81	16
14	3	81	16
15	3	80	17
16	3	80	17
17	3	80	17
18	2	81	17
19	2	80	18
20	2	80	18
21	2	80	18
22	2	79	19
23	2	79	19
24	1	79	20
25	1	79	20
26	1	78	21
27	2	76	22
28	2	76	22
29	2	75	23
30	2	75	23
31	2	74	24

Wind in March

Winds average 4 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

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 6:35 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:29 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32
Sunset (PM)	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:35	6:42
2	12.1	6:35	6:42
3	12.1	6:35	6:42
4	12.1	6:35	6:41
5	12.1	6:35	6:41
6	12.1	6:35	6:41
7	12.1	6:35	6:40
8	12.1	6:35	6:40
9	12.1	6:34	6:39
10	12.1	6:34	6:39
11	12.1	6:34	6:39
12	12.1	6:34	6:38
13	12.1	6:34	6:38
14	12.1	6:34	6:37
15	12.0	6:34	6:37
16	12.0	6:34	6:36
17	12.0	6:34	6:36
18	12.0	6:34	6:35
19	12.0	6:33	6:35
20	12.0	6:33	6:34
21	12.0	6:33	6:34
22	12.0	6:33	6:33
23	12.0	6:33	6:33
24	12.0	6:33	6:32
25	12.0	6:33	6:32
26	12.0	6:32	6:31
27	12.0	6:32	6:31
28	12.0	6:32	6:30
29	12.0	6:32	6:30
30	12.0	6:32	6:29
31	12.0	6:32	6:29

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.57 kWh/m² to a high of 4.88 kWh/m² in November across the year — March's 4.47 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Mendi?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

2.2

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mendi.

What to pack for Mendi in March

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

In March, Mendi sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. About 30 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Mendi in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 18 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mendi peaks around March 14 at about 18 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 12 (extreme).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	17	17	18	16	14	12	12	14	16	16	16	15
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	18	Extreme
Apr	16	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	16	Extreme
Oct	16	Extreme
Nov	16	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Mendi?

Mendi sits at 6.1°S, 143.7°E, 1,729 m above sea level, in Papua New Guinea. The nearest listed city is Mount Hagen, 71 km away.

Topography around Mendi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mendi has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 889 m around an average of 1,903 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,714 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,228 m.

The land around Mendi is covered by trees (63%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, trees (80%) within 16 km, and trees (87%) within 80 km.

3 km

889 m

trees 63%

16 km

1,714 m

trees 80%

80 km

4,228 m

trees 87%

treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswetland

← February Mendi year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Mount Hagen 71 km · Goroka 191 km · Madang 257 km · Wewak 289 km · Daru 330 km · Bulolo 350 km · Lae 375 km · Merauke 444 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

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 Mendi (-6.1475°, 143.6563°, elevation 1,729 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	13
2	21	13
3	21	13
4	21	13
5	21	13
6	21	13
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	21	13
16	21	13
17	21	13
18	21	13
19	21	13
20	21	13
21	21	13
22	21	13
23	21	13
24	21	13
25	21	13
26	21	13
27	21	13
28	21	13
29	21	13
30	21	13
31	21	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	0	100
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	96
4	96
5	96
6	96
7	96
8	96
9	96
10	96
11	96
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	96
20	96
21	96
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	81	16
2	3	81	16
3	3	81	16
4	3	81	16
5	3	81	16
6	3	81	16
7	3	81	16
8	3	81	16
9	3	81	16
10	3	81	16
11	3	81	16
12	3	81	16
13	3	81	16
14	3	81	16
15	3	80	17
16	3	80	17
17	3	80	17
18	2	81	17
19	2	80	18
20	2	80	18
21	2	80	18
22	2	79	19
23	2	79	19
24	1	79	20
25	1	79	20
26	1	78	21
27	2	76	22
28	2	76	22
29	2	75	23
30	2	75	23
31	2	74	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	13
2	21	13
3	21	13
4	21	13
5	21	13
6	21	13
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	21	13
16	21	13
17	21	13
18	21	13
19	21	13
20	21	13
21	21	13
22	21	13
23	21	13
24	21	13
25	21	13
26	21	13
27	21	13
28	21	13
29	21	13
30	21	13
31	21	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	0	100
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	96
4	96
5	96
6	96
7	96
8	96
9	96
10	96
11	96
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	96
20	96
21	96
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	81	16
2	3	81	16
3	3	81	16
4	3	81	16
5	3	81	16
6	3	81	16
7	3	81	16
8	3	81	16
9	3	81	16
10	3	81	16
11	3	81	16
12	3	81	16
13	3	81	16
14	3	81	16
15	3	80	17
16	3	80	17
17	3	80	17
18	2	81	17
19	2	80	18
20	2	80	18
21	2	80	18
22	2	79	19
23	2	79	19
24	1	79	20
25	1	79	20
26	1	78	21
27	2	76	22
28	2	76	22
29	2	75	23
30	2	75	23
31	2	74	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	13
2	21	13
3	21	13
4	21	13
5	21	13
6	21	13
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	21	13
16	21	13
17	21	13
18	21	13
19	21	13
20	21	13
21	21	13
22	21	13
23	21	13
24	21	13
25	21	13
26	21	13
27	21	13
28	21	13
29	21	13
30	21	13
31	21	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	0	100
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	96
4	96
5	96
6	96
7	96
8	96
9	96
10	96
11	96
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	96
20	96
21	96
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	81	16
2	3	81	16
3	3	81	16
4	3	81	16
5	3	81	16
6	3	81	16
7	3	81	16
8	3	81	16
9	3	81	16
10	3	81	16
11	3	81	16
12	3	81	16
13	3	81	16
14	3	81	16
15	3	80	17
16	3	80	17
17	3	80	17
18	2	81	17
19	2	80	18
20	2	80	18
21	2	80	18
22	2	79	19
23	2	79	19
24	1	79	20
25	1	79	20
26	1	78	21
27	2	76	22
28	2	76	22
29	2	75	23
30	2	75	23
31	2	74	24