Climate averages 1991–2020
Guwahati weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Guwahati: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 8 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 Shillong (70 km away). In March its highs average 20.6°C, 8.9°C cooler than Guwahati, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Guwahati ranks joint 571st of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 661st of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Guwahati is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 163 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
Guwahati climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 11 | 2.6 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 23 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 29.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 60 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 163 | 18.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 317 | 27.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 30.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 530 | 28.7 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 671 | 30.2 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 610 | 29.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 392 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 133 | 14.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 18 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 9.2 | 1.6 | 10.511 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
- Shillong in MarchIndia · 70 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Nagaon in MarchIndia · 94 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Tezpur in MarchIndia · 116 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Sunāmganj in MarchBangladesh · 129 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 155 mm rain
- Sylhet in MarchBangladesh · 143 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Tura in MarchIndia · 171 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Netrakona in MarchBangladesh · 177 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 18.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Silchar in MarchIndia · 184 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 171 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 Guwahati) is explained once on the Guwahati year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.