Climate averages 1991–2020

Kanpur weather
in March.

A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 16.9°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 12 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Kanpur: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very 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 Kanpur Cantonment (3 km away). In March its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Kanpur, with 13 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kanpur ranks joint 505th 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; Kanpur is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 37.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 8.1 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kanpur climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kanpur, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	21.3°C9.2°C	9.2°C	18	2.3	10.711 h
February	25.1°C12.2°C	12.2°C	22	2.6	11.211 h
March, selected	31.2°C16.9°C	16.9°C	12	2.0	12.012 h
April	37.5°C22.4°C	22.4°C	8.1	2.5	12.813 h
May	39.9°C26.6°C	26.6°C	11	3.3	13.413 h
June	37.8°C28.3°C	28.3°C	101	10.7	13.814 h
July	32.7°C26.6°C	26.6°C	288	23.3	13.614 h
August	31.5°C25.9°C	25.9°C	248	23.6	13.113 h
September	31.5°C24.6°C	24.6°C	149	14.7	12.312 h
October	31.3°C20.2°C	20.2°C	30	2.2	11.612 h
November	27.7°C15.1°C	15.1°C	3.9	1.0	10.911 h
December	23.1°C10.6°C	10.6°C	7.9	1.0	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

Distance from Kanpur

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kanpur) is explained once on the Kanpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.