Climate averages 1991–2020
Balotra weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Balotra: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 2nd 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 Bārmer (85 km away). In March its highs average 33.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Balotra, with 1.8 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Balotra ranks joint 254th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 52nd of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Balotra is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 38.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.7 mm to 2.2 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
Balotra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 28.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 33.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 41.0°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 4.8 | 1.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 39.3°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 23 | 3.1 | 13.714 h |
| July | 34.9°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 118 | 9.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 32.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 101 | 10.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 34.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 43 | 4.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 11 | 1.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 31.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 1.9 | 0.3 | 10.911 h |
| December | 26.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 10.611 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
- Bārmer in MarchIndia · 85 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Jodhpur in MarchIndia · 91 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Pāli in MarchIndia · 109 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Deesa in MarchIndia · 175 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Pālanpur in MarchIndia · 186 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Udaipur in MarchIndia · 203 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Beāwar in MarchIndia · 210 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.1°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Nāgaur in MarchIndia · 213 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 4.6 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 Balotra) is explained once on the Balotra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.