Climate averages 1991–2020
Bikaner weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th 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 Bikaner: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very 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 Nāgaur (100 km away). In March its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Bikaner, with 4.6 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Bikaner ranks joint 494th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 115th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Bikaner is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 37.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.8 mm to 5.9 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
Bikaner climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 10.611 h |
| February | 25.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 7.7 | 1.2 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 31.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 5.8 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 5.9 | 1.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 41.2°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 12 | 2.4 | 13.514 h |
| June | 40.3°C29.5°C | 29.5°C | 28 | 4.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 36.8°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 60 | 9.6 | 13.714 h |
| August | 35.3°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 59 | 8.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 36.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 21 | 3.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 8.3 | 1.0 | 11.512 h |
| November | 28.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 23.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 10.410 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
- Nāgaur in MarchIndia · 100 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Sūjāngarh in MarchIndia · 119 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Sardārshahr in MarchIndia · 124 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Ratangarh in MarchIndia · 128 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 16.2°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Fort Abbas in MarchPakistan · 138 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Suratgarh in MarchIndia · 156 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Fatehpur (Rajasthan), India in MarchIndia · 161 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Chūru in MarchIndia · 165 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 16.1°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 Bikaner) is explained once on the Bikaner year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.