Climate averages 1991–2020
Dārjiling weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Dārjiling: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siliguri (39 km away). In March its highs average 29.2°C, 13.2°C warmer than Dārjiling, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dārjiling ranks 688th of 692 for the warmest March highs and 683rd of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Dārjiling is 16.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 137 mm to 222 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
Dārjiling climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 33 | 7.1 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 71 | 12.6 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 16.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 137 | 18.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 222 | 22.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 19.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 377 | 29.0 | 13.513 h |
| June | 20.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 618 | 29.4 | 13.814 h |
| July | 20.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 864 | 30.6 | 13.714 h |
| August | 20.4°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 548 | 29.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 19.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 416 | 27.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 164 | 19.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 35 | 7.8 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 17 | 3.9 | 10.510 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
- Siliguri in MarchIndia · 39 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Gangtok in MarchIndia · 47 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.8°C · 252 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in MarchIndia · 74 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Dharān in MarchNepal · 101 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Kishanganj in MarchIndia · 108 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Jaigaon in MarchIndia · 112 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in MarchBangladesh · 113 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Biratnagar in MarchNepal · 118 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 12 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 Dārjiling) is explained once on the Dārjiling year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.