Climate averages 1991–2020
Alappuzha weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 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 Alappuzha: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kanayannur (53 km away). In March its highs average 31.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Alappuzha, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Alappuzha ranks joint 379th of 692 for the warmest March highs and 667th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Alappuzha is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 153 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
Alappuzha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 26 | 7.8 | 11.612 h |
| February | 31.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 31 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 32.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 68 | 16.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 153 | 24.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 299 | 27.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 443 | 29.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 388 | 29.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 293 | 28.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 231 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 261 | 25.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 193 | 20.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 64 | 10.4 | 11.612 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
- Kanayannur in MarchIndia · 53 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Edattala in MarchIndia · 63 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Kollam in MarchIndia · 73 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Thrissur in MarchIndia · 115 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Valparai in MarchIndia · 116 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 139 mm rain
- Kadayanallur in MarchIndia · 121 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Thenkasi in MarchIndia · 124 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Thiruvananthapuram in MarchIndia · 131 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 117 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 Alappuzha) is explained once on the Alappuzha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.