Climate averages 1991–2020
Thimphu weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Thimphu: daytime highs average 12.6°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaigaon (74 km away). In March its highs average 26.9°C, 14.2°C warmer than Thimphu, with 36 mm of rain.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 151 mm to 160 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
Thimphu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 65 | 17.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 9.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 95 | 21.2 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 12.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 151 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 15.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 160 | 26.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 17.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 236 | 28.8 | 13.513 h |
| June | 19.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 378 | 29.2 | 13.814 h |
| July | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 484 | 30.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 19.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 350 | 28.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 18.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 255 | 26.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 16.0°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 139 | 22.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 12.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 72 | 18.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 9.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 59 | 17.0 | 10.410 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
- Jaigaon in MarchIndia · 74 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Gangtok in MarchIndia · 103 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.8°C · 252 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in MarchIndia · 128 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in MarchIndia · 139 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Dārjiling in MarchIndia · 144 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 137 mm rain
- Siliguri in MarchIndia · 147 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Rangpur in MarchBangladesh · 195 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in MarchBangladesh · 198 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 20 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 Thimphu) is explained once on the Thimphu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.