Climate averages 1991–2020
Gangtok weather
in March.
A mild, very 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 Gangtok: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 252 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes March a very 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 Dārjiling (47 km away). In March its highs average 16.0°C, about as warm as Gangtok, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Gangtok ranks 687th of 692 for the warmest March highs and 692nd of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Gangtok is 16.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 252 mm to 211 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
Gangtok climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 253 | 25.6 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.3°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 269 | 24.7 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 16.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 252 | 26.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 211 | 24.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 20.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 283 | 29.4 | 13.513 h |
| June | 21.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 605 | 29.5 | 13.814 h |
| July | 21.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 1,126 | 31.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 21.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 908 | 30.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 508 | 28.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 216 | 23.0 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 181 | 21.0 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 173 | 22.8 | 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
- Dārjiling in MarchIndia · 47 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 137 mm rain
- Siliguri in MarchIndia · 71 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in MarchIndia · 91 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Jaigaon in MarchIndia · 92 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Thimphu in MarchBhutan · 103 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 151 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in MarchIndia · 139 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Dharān in MarchNepal · 144 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in MarchBangladesh · 145 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 20 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 Gangtok) is explained once on the Gangtok year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.