Climate averages 1991–2020
Sylhet weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Sylhet: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 5th 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 Sunāmganj (51 km away). In March its highs average 27.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Sylhet, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 63 cities listed in Bangladesh, Sylhet ranks 62nd of 63 for the warmest March highs and 63rd of 63 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 63 cities is 31.3°C; Sylhet is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 186 mm to 559 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
Sylhet climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.5°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 10 | 1.8 | 10.811 h |
| February | 25.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 48 | 4.7 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 28.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 186 | 11.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 559 | 21.4 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 759 | 27.6 | 13.313 h |
| June | 30.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 953 | 29.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 940 | 30.8 | 13.514 h |
| August | 30.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 733 | 30.7 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 523 | 27.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 217 | 14.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 28 | 2.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 24.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 12 | 1.0 | 10.611 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
- Sunāmganj in MarchBangladesh · 51 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 155 mm rain
- Habiganj in MarchBangladesh · 74 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 124 mm rain
- Shillong in MarchIndia · 74 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Silchar in MarchIndia · 94 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 171 mm rain
- Netrakona in MarchBangladesh · 115 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 18.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Kishorganj in MarchBangladesh · 121 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Brāhmanbāria in MarchBangladesh · 128 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Ashuganj City in MarchBangladesh · 129 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 88 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 Sylhet) is explained once on the Sylhet year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.