Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanhangad weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Kanhangad: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd 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 Payyanur (26 km away). In March its highs average 30.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kanhangad, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kanhangad ranks joint 457th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 450th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Kanhangad is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 68 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
Kanhangad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 31.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 3.7 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 31.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 19 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 68 | 11.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 219 | 18.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 27.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 719 | 29.4 | 12.813 h |
| July | 26.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 695 | 30.8 | 12.813 h |
| August | 27.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 445 | 29.5 | 12.513 h |
| September | 27.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 240 | 22.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 218 | 21.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 75 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 19 | 3.6 | 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
- Payyanur in MarchIndia · 26 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Taliparamba in MarchIndia · 40 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Mangaluru in MarchIndia · 73 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Tellicherry in MarchIndia · 75 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Badagara in MarchIndia · 94 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Koyilandy in MarchIndia · 116 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Udupi in MarchIndia · 121 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Hassan in MarchIndia · 133 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 18 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 Kanhangad) is explained once on the Kanhangad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.