Climate averages 1991–2020
Karur weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Karur: daytime highs average 36.9°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 3rd 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 Tiruchengode (51 km away). In March its highs average 36.1°C, 0.9°C cooler than Karur, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Karur ranks joint 6th 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; Karur is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 38.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 34 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
Karur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 4.6 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 7.6 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 36.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 12 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 34 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.6°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 55 | 10.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 35.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 43 | 9.9 | 12.813 h |
| July | 34.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 51 | 10.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 34.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 62 | 10.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 34.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 80 | 13.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 153 | 18.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 136 | 14.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 53 | 6.1 | 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
- Tiruchengode in MarchIndia · 51 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Erode in MarchIndia · 58 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Dharapuram in MarchIndia · 65 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Dindigul in MarchIndia · 66 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Kumarapalayam in MarchIndia · 68 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Tiruchirappalli in MarchIndia · 69 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Salem in MarchIndia · 78 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Tiruppur in MarchIndia · 81 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 30 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 Karur) is explained once on the Karur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.