Climate averages 1991–2020
Ambikāpur weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ambikāpur: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 7th 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 Chirmiri (86 km away). In March its highs average 32.1°C, about as warm as Ambikāpur, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ambikāpur ranks joint 465th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 530th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Ambikāpur is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 36.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 15 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
Ambikāpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 18 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| February | 26.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 21 | 3.2 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 31.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 24 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 15 | 3.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 38.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 16 | 4.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 33.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 252 | 19.0 | 13.514 h |
| July | 28.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 442 | 28.3 | 13.413 h |
| August | 27.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 392 | 28.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 234 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 74 | 8.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 14 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| December | 23.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 11 | 1.7 | 10.711 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
- Chirmiri in MarchIndia · 86 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Korba in MarchIndia · 100 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Singrauli in MarchIndia · 131 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Medininagar in MarchIndia · 135 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Raigarh in MarchIndia · 137 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Bilāspur in MarchIndia · 157 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Brajarajnagar in MarchIndia · 163 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 20.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Jharsuguda in MarchIndia · 163 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 13 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 Ambikāpur) is explained once on the Ambikāpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.