Climate averages 1991–2020
Alīgarh weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry 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 hot month in Alīgarh: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry 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 Hāthras (32 km away). In March its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Alīgarh, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Alīgarh ranks joint 565th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 437th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Alīgarh is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 36.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 11 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
Alīgarh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 20 | 2.5 | 10.611 h |
| February | 23.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 29 | 3.1 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 29.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 18 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 11 | 2.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 39.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 16 | 4.4 | 13.514 h |
| June | 38.2°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 82 | 9.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 33.4°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 230 | 21.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 225 | 21.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 123 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 14 | 2.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 27.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 6.0 | 1.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 6.7 | 0.9 | 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
- Hāthras in MarchIndia · 32 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Khurja in MarchIndia · 47 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Kāsganj in MarchIndia · 57 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Mathura in MarchIndia · 58 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Bulandshahr in MarchIndia · 62 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Etah in MarchIndia · 68 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Sikandarābād in MarchIndia · 73 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Agra in MarchIndia · 78 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 14 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 Alīgarh) is explained once on the Alīgarh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.