Climate averages 1991–2020

Bhola weather
in March.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.5°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 22.3°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 43 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Bhola · average highYear overview

March is a hot month in Bhola: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Barishal (28 km away). In March its highs average 32.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Bhola, with 40 mm of rain.

Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Bhola ranks joint 30th of 63 for the warmest March highs and 22nd of 63 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 63 cities is 31.3°C; Bhola is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 124 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bhola climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bhola, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 24.3°C15.3°C15.3°C5.60.910.911 h
February 27.6°C18.0°C18.0°C192.511.411 h
March, selected 31.5°C22.3°C22.3°C435.512.012 h
April 32.4°C25.1°C25.1°C12411.012.713 h
May 31.6°C26.4°C26.4°C25718.713.213 h
June 30.3°C26.6°C26.6°C36826.513.513 h
July 29.4°C26.1°C26.1°C37429.513.413 h
August 29.6°C26.0°C26.0°C32629.512.913 h
September 29.8°C25.8°C25.8°C28526.412.312 h
October 29.5°C24.4°C24.4°C16916.311.612 h
November 27.5°C20.6°C20.6°C442.711.111 h
December 24.9°C16.8°C16.8°C6.31.010.811 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

March in nearby cities

Distance from Bhola

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bhola) is explained once on the Bhola year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.