Liquiçá weather in March

In March, Liquiçá sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 86 mm of rain across 17.2 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-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 16% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Liquiçá's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Liquiçá's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
6th warmest
Overnight low
26°
8th coldest
Rainfall
86 mm
17.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:47 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover
73%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

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 Liquiçá reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°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 Liquiçá

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.

Liquiçá weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 26°12219.212.44.7
Feb28° / 26°10719.812.34.5
Mar28° / 26°8617.212.15.1
Apr28° / 26°9014.811.85.3
May28° / 26°5010.211.66.4
Jun27° / 26°33711.57.0
Jul27° / 25°174.211.57.7
Aug27° / 25°61.511.78.2
Sep27° / 25°61.611.98.0
Oct28° / 26°164.112.27.3
Nov28° / 27°431112.45.7
Dec28° / 27°9919.812.54.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21882
31981
41981
51981
62278
72278
82377
92476
102674
112872
122971
133070
143268
153466
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Liquiçá gets around 86 mm of rain over 17.2 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 56% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
164
263
363
462
561
660
759
858
958
1057
1156
1255
1354
1453
1552
1651
1751
1851
1951
2051
2152
2252
2353
2454
2554
2655
2756
2856
2957
3058
3159

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 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
108416
208416
308416
408317
508317
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Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
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88calm
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108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:47 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 6:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:476:57
212.26:476:57
312.26:476:56
412.26:476:56
512.16:476:55
612.16:476:55
712.16:476:55
812.16:476:54
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1012.16:476:53
1112.16:476:53
1212.16:476:52
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1812.06:466:49
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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 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.02 kWh/m² to a high of 6.58 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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305.5Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Liquiçá

In seasonPeak

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

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

Liquiçá'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 Liquiçá?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Liquiçá for sightseeing.

What to pack for Liquiçá in March

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

In March, Liquiçá sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Liquiçá in March

The nearest coast averages about 29°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 24 km away) is warmest in November at about 30°C and coldest in August near 27°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
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Tropical
Jul28Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep28Warm
Oct29Tropical
Nov30Tropical
Dec30Tropical

UV index in Liquiçá 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 Liquiçá peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 10UV 15Jul 11UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Liquiçá?

Liquiçá sits at 8.6°S, 125.3°E, 23 m above sea level, in Timor Leste. The nearest listed city is Maubara, 15 km away.

DiliAileuAtsabeMalianaAtambuaSuai

Topography around Liquiçá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Liquiçá has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 531 m around an average of 80 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,387 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,916 m.

The land around Liquiçá is covered by water (42%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, water (49%) and trees (37%) within 16 km, and water (52%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
531 m
16 km
1,387 m
80 km
2,916 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Maubara 15 km · Gleno 18 km · Dili 26 km · Aileu 29 km · Atsabe 38 km · Maliana 47 km · Atambua 76 km · Suai 81 km

Timor Leste travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E / F / I
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 28% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,341
2025
Homicide rate
4.1
per 100k, 2015
Road deaths
11.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Catholic 91%other 7%Protestant Evangelical 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 Liquiçá (-8.5875°, 125.3419°, elevation 23 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).