Climate averages 1991–2020
Bhubaneswar weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Bhubaneswar: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuttack (22 km away). In March its highs average 34.9°C, about as warm as Bhubaneswar, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bhubaneswar ranks joint 177th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 450th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Bhubaneswar is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 36.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 25 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
Bhubaneswar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| February | 30.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 17 | 2.4 | 11.511 h |
| March, selected | 34.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 19 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 25 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 36.9°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 55 | 6.1 | 13.113 h |
| June | 33.7°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 232 | 18.7 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.9°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 388 | 27.7 | 13.213 h |
| August | 30.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 369 | 28.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 260 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 146 | 15.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 34 | 3.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 26.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 13 | 1.5 | 10.911 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
- Cuttack in MarchIndia · 22 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Puri in MarchIndia · 53 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Parādīp Garh in MarchIndia · 81 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Bhadrak in MarchIndia · 112 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Brahmapur in MarchIndia · 153 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Balasore in MarchIndia · 177 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Baripāda in MarchIndia · 207 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Sambalpur in MarchIndia · 234 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 15 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 Bhubaneswar) is explained once on the Bhubaneswar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.