Climate averages 1991–2020
Dindigul weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Dindigul: daytime highs average 35.1°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palani (51 km away). In March its highs average 35.1°C, about as warm as Dindigul, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Dindigul ranks joint 117th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 602nd of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Dindigul is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 36.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 71 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
Dindigul climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 20 | 4.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 31.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 24 | 3.7 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 35.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 32 | 4.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 71 | 10.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 118 | 19.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 141 | 21.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 32.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 139 | 21.4 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 151 | 21.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 32.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 185 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 246 | 22.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 206 | 19.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 101 | 10.8 | 11.512 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
- Palani in MarchIndia · 51 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Madurai in MarchIndia · 52 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Dharapuram in MarchIndia · 64 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Karur in MarchIndia · 66 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Teni in MarchIndia · 68 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Virudunagar in MarchIndia · 87 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Pudukkottai in MarchIndia · 92 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in MarchIndia · 93 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 24 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 Dindigul) is explained once on the Dindigul year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.