Climate averages 1991–2020
Dimāpur weather
in March.
A warm, moderately 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 warm month in Dimāpur: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately 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 Kohima (47 km away). In March its highs average 20.5°C, 6.8°C cooler than Dimāpur, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dimāpur ranks joint 658th of 692 for the warmest March highs and 672nd of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Dimāpur is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 203 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
Dimāpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 22 | 4.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 23.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 27.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 85 | 9.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 203 | 16.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 235 | 23.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 249 | 23.2 | 13.714 h |
| July | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 238 | 23.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 227 | 23.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 189 | 20.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 102 | 13.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 23 | 4.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 22.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 13 | 2.2 | 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
- Kohima in MarchIndia · 47 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Jorhat in MarchIndia · 106 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 133 mm rain
- Nagaon in MarchIndia · 116 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Tezpur in MarchIndia · 122 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Imphal in MarchIndia · 125 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Silchar in MarchIndia · 152 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 171 mm rain
- Shillong in MarchIndia · 188 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Guwahati in MarchIndia · 200 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 60 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 Dimāpur) is explained once on the Dimāpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.