Climate averages 1991–2020
Botad weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Botad: daytime highs average 36.0°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the joint 2nd 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 Surendranagar (62 km away). In March its highs average 35.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Botad, with 1.0 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Botad ranks joint 38th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 27th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Botad is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 40.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.8 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
Botad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 1.5 | 0.2 | 10.911 h |
| February | 31.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 36.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 40.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.613 h |
| May | 41.9°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 2.0 | 0.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 37.9°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 93 | 7.9 | 13.513 h |
| July | 32.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 215 | 14.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 31.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 169 | 13.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 32.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 130 | 9.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 18 | 2.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 32.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 3.8 | 0.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 29.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 10.811 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
- Surendranagar in MarchIndia · 62 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Bhavnagar in MarchIndia · 68 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Amreli in MarchIndia · 79 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Rājkot in MarchIndia · 91 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Gondal in MarchIndia · 92 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Dhrāngadhra in MarchIndia · 94 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Khambhāt in MarchIndia · 99 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 20.8°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Savarkundla in MarchIndia · 100 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.4 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 Botad) is explained once on the Botad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.