Climate averages 1991–2020
Bettiah weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 4th 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 Bettiah: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th 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 Birgañj (44 km away). In March its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Bettiah, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bettiah ranks joint 487th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 369th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Bettiah is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 36.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 21 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
Bettiah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 14 | 1.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 20 | 2.4 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 31.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 15 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 21 | 4.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 36.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 53 | 9.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 34.6°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 215 | 18.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 381 | 27.8 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 332 | 28.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 237 | 22.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 48 | 4.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 27.7°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 4.3 | 0.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 8.4 | 0.8 | 10.510 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
- Birgañj in MarchNepal · 44 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Mothīhāri in MarchIndia · 44 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Bagaha (Bihar, 27.10°N 84.09°E), India in MarchIndia · 53 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Kushinagar in MarchIndia · 62 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Siwān in MarchIndia · 66 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Deoria in MarchIndia · 79 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Hetauda in MarchNepal · 87 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Bharatpur, Nepal in MarchNepal · 98 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 26 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 Bettiah) is explained once on the Bettiah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.