Climate averages 1991–2020
Anantapur weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Anantapur: daytime highs average 36.9°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dharmavaram (32 km away). In March its highs average 36.8°C, about as warm as Anantapur, with 8.8 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Anantapur ranks joint 6th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 192nd of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Anantapur is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 38.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.2 mm to 13 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
Anantapur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 3.8 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| February | 33.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 3.9 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 36.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 8.2 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 13 | 3.1 | 12.512 h |
| May | 38.0°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 44 | 7.4 | 12.813 h |
| June | 33.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 69 | 12.4 | 13.013 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 79 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| August | 31.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 86 | 13.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 31.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 100 | 13.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 113 | 13.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 38 | 6.6 | 11.511 h |
| December | 29.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 9.1 | 1.6 | 11.311 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
- Dharmavaram in MarchIndia · 32 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Tadpatri in MarchIndia · 50 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Guntakal in MarchIndia · 61 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Kadiri in MarchIndia · 87 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Ballari in MarchIndia · 90 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Hindupur in MarchIndia · 95 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Proddatūr in MarchIndia · 101 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Adoni in MarchIndia · 112 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 7.4 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 Anantapur) is explained once on the Anantapur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.