Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanchipuram weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Kanchipuram: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arakkonam (28 km away). In March its highs average 34.8°C, about as warm as Kanchipuram, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kanchipuram ranks joint 205th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 281st of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Kanchipuram is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 36.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 19 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
Kanchipuram climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 12 | 3.1 | 11.511 h |
| February | 31.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 7.4 | 1.8 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 34.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 12 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 19 | 3.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.1°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 45 | 7.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 36.1°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 78 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.9°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 83 | 15.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 34.0°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 106 | 15.7 | 12.513 h |
| September | 33.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 120 | 16.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 186 | 19.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 170 | 16.2 | 11.512 h |
| December | 27.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 95 | 8.5 | 11.411 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
- Arakkonam in MarchIndia · 28 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Maraimalainagar in MarchIndia · 35 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Rānipet in MarchIndia · 41 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Tambaram in MarchIndia · 47 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Pallāvaram in MarchIndia · 51 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Avadi in MarchIndia · 54 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Neelankarai in MarchIndia · 62 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Vellore in MarchIndia · 62 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 11 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 Kanchipuram) is explained once on the Kanchipuram year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.