Climate averages 1991–2020
Kāraikāl weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Kāraikāl: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nagapattinam (17 km away). In March its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Kāraikāl, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kāraikāl ranks joint 555th 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; Kāraikāl is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 31 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
Kāraikāl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 34 | 5.8 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 16 | 3.2 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 30.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 19 | 2.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.7°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 31 | 5.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 33.0°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 41 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.0°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 36 | 7.9 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.8°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 40 | 9.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.3°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 58 | 11.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.8°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 72 | 13.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 200 | 19.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 328 | 20.6 | 11.612 h |
| December | 26.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 194 | 14.1 | 11.511 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
- Nagapattinam in MarchIndia · 17 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in MarchIndia · 28 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in MarchIndia · 49 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Thanjavur in MarchIndia · 77 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in MarchIndia · 78 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Neyveli in MarchIndia · 85 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Virudhachalam in MarchIndia · 86 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Cuddalore in MarchIndia · 94 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 15 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 Kāraikāl) is explained once on the Kāraikāl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Mayiladuthurai lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.