Climate averages 1991–2020
Jalpāiguri weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd 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 Jalpāiguri: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry 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 (37 km away). In March its highs average 29.2°C, 1.3°C cooler than Jalpāiguri, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Jalpāiguri ranks joint 542nd of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 558th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Jalpāiguri is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 89 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
Jalpāiguri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 10 | 1.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 25.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 12 | 2.0 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 30.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 26 | 4.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 89 | 12.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 30.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 293 | 23.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 701 | 28.7 | 13.814 h |
| July | 29.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 827 | 30.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 669 | 30.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 468 | 25.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 145 | 9.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 5.1 | 0.7 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 3.4 | 0.6 | 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
- Siliguri in MarchIndia · 37 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in MarchBangladesh · 60 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Jaigaon in MarchIndia · 74 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Dārjiling in MarchIndia · 74 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 137 mm rain
- Koch Bihār in MarchIndia · 74 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Saidpur in MarchBangladesh · 84 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 18.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Kishanganj in MarchIndia · 90 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Gangtok in MarchIndia · 91 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.8°C · 252 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 Jalpāiguri) is explained once on the Jalpāiguri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.