Climate averages 1991–2020
Chikmagalūr weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 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 Chikmagalūr: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 23 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 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hassan (49 km away). In March its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Chikmagalūr, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Chikmagalūr ranks joint 465th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 518th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Chikmagalūr is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 66 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
Chikmagalūr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 6.0 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| February | 29.5°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 31.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 23 | 3.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 66 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 130 | 19.0 | 12.713 h |
| June | 25.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 250 | 26.5 | 12.913 h |
| July | 23.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 315 | 29.4 | 12.813 h |
| August | 23.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 234 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 25.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 163 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 25.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 180 | 18.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 25.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 69 | 8.7 | 11.512 h |
| December | 25.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 17 | 3.2 | 11.411 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
- Hassan in MarchIndia · 49 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Bhadrāvati in MarchIndia · 59 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Shivamogga in MarchIndia · 71 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Mangaluru in MarchIndia · 109 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Udupi in MarchIndia · 111 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Chitradurga in MarchIndia · 121 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Davangere in MarchIndia · 128 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Harihar in MarchIndia · 132 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 6.9 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 Chikmagalūr) is explained once on the Chikmagalūr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.