Climate averages 1991–2020
Chāpra weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Chāpra: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the joint 3rd 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 Arrah (26 km away). In March its highs average 32.3°C, about as warm as Chāpra, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Chāpra ranks joint 438th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 243rd of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Chāpra is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 37.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 10 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
Chāpra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.8°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 17 | 2.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.7°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 16 | 2.4 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 32.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 10 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 10 | 2.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.9°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 28 | 4.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 35.8°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 175 | 15.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.0°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 318 | 25.5 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.6°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 275 | 25.9 | 13.013 h |
| September | 31.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 191 | 20.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 44 | 5.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 5.3 | 0.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 7.6 | 0.7 | 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
- Arrah in MarchIndia · 26 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Dinapore in MarchIndia · 34 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Patna in MarchIndia · 44 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Hājīpur in MarchIndia · 48 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Siwān in MarchIndia · 63 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Jahānābād in MarchIndia · 67 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Muzaffarpur in MarchIndia · 75 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Buxar in MarchIndia · 80 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 10 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 Chāpra) is explained once on the Chāpra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.