Climate averages 1991–2020
Cox’s Bāzār weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Cox’s Bāzār: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chattogram (102 km away). In March its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Cox’s Bāzār, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Cox’s Bāzār ranks 60th of 63 for the warmest March highs and joint 2nd of 63 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 63 cities is 31.3°C; Cox’s Bāzār is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cox’s Bāzār climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 5.0 | 0.6 | 11.011 h |
| February | 26.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 10 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 27 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 53 | 6.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 221 | 18.3 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.0°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 584 | 27.3 | 13.413 h |
| July | 28.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 658 | 30.0 | 13.313 h |
| August | 28.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 466 | 29.8 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 341 | 26.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 196 | 17.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 42 | 4.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 15 | 1.3 | 10.911 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
- Chattogram in MarchBangladesh · 102 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Hāthazāri in MarchBangladesh · 120 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Rangamati in MarchBangladesh · 135 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Bibir Hat in MarchBangladesh · 140 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Karnaphuli in MarchBangladesh · 141 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Sittwe in MarchMyanmar · 171 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Maijdi in MarchBangladesh · 184 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Feni in MarchBangladesh · 186 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 63 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cox’s Bāzār) is explained once on the Cox’s Bāzār year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.