Climate averages 1991–2020
Kishanganj weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Kishanganj: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly 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 Arāria (44 km away). In March its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Kishanganj, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kishanganj ranks joint 465th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 465th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Kishanganj is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 67 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
Kishanganj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 13 | 1.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 15 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 31.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 20 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 67 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 31.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 215 | 19.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 386 | 26.6 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 411 | 29.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 359 | 28.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 309 | 24.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 104 | 9.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 5.5 | 0.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 5.9 | 0.7 | 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
- Arāria in MarchIndia · 44 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Thākurgaon in MarchBangladesh · 52 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Rāiganj in MarchIndia · 57 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Purnia in MarchIndia · 60 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Katihar in MarchIndia · 74 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Biratnagar in MarchNepal · 79 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Siliguri in MarchIndia · 82 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Dinajpur in MarchBangladesh · 86 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 28 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 Kishanganj) is explained once on the Kishanganj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.