Climate averages 1991–2020

Chitradurga weather
in March.

A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 34.5°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 20.6°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 15 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Chitradurga · average highYear overview

March is a very hot month in Chitradurga: daytime highs average 34.5°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 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 Davangere (58 km away). In March its highs average 35.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Chitradurga, with 8.2 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Chitradurga ranks joint 189th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 369th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Chitradurga is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 35.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 27 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 10152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Chitradurga climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Chitradurga, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.4°C16.4°C16.4°C4.31.011.411 h
February 31.7°C18.1°C18.1°C2.30.611.712 h
March, selected 34.5°C20.6°C20.6°C151.512.012 h
April 35.1°C22.5°C22.5°C275.012.412 h
May 33.8°C22.7°C22.7°C569.912.813 h
June 28.8°C21.8°C21.8°C9816.613.013 h
July 26.6°C21.1°C21.1°C10417.312.913 h
August 26.5°C20.8°C20.8°C9214.812.613 h
September 27.5°C20.5°C20.5°C9514.412.212 h
October 27.9°C19.8°C19.8°C10814.011.812 h
November 27.7°C18.2°C18.2°C436.411.511 h
December 27.9°C16.3°C16.3°C8.41.711.311 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

Distance from Chitradurga

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chitradurga) is explained once on the Chitradurga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.