Climate averages 1991–2020
Contai weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd 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 Contai: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th 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 Haldia (49 km away). In March its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Contai, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Contai ranks joint 400th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 500th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Contai is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 34.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 41 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
Contai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 12 | 1.6 | 11.011 h |
| February | 28.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 18 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 32.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 22 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.1°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 41 | 5.1 | 12.613 h |
| May | 34.2°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 93 | 7.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 32.3°C27.7°C | 27.7°C | 256 | 19.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.5°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 335 | 27.4 | 13.313 h |
| August | 30.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 338 | 28.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 263 | 23.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 158 | 13.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 43 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 9.9 | 0.9 | 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
- Haldia in MarchIndia · 49 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Kharagpur in MarchIndia · 76 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Medinīpur in MarchIndia · 84 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Uluberiya in MarchIndia · 85 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Budge Budge in MarchIndia · 90 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Balasore in MarchIndia · 90 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Maheshtala in MarchIndia · 96 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Rajpur Sonarpur in MarchIndia · 102 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 33 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 Contai) is explained once on the Contai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.