Climate averages 1991–2020

Kohima weather
in March.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

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

Average high 20.5°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 9.1°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 89 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Kohima: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dimāpur (47 km away). In March its highs average 27.3°C, 6.8°C warmer than Kohima, with 85 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kohima ranks 686th of 692 for the warmest March highs and 674th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Kohima is 11.8°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 180 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

Kohima climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kohima, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	15.6°C4.8°C	4.8°C	26	5.2	10.711 h
February	17.5°C6.3°C	6.3°C	43	7.2	11.311 h
March, selected	20.5°C9.1°C	9.1°C	89	12.1	12.012 h
April	22.3°C12.3°C	12.3°C	180	19.3	12.713 h
May	23.5°C15.3°C	15.3°C	304	25.9	13.413 h
June	24.5°C17.8°C	17.8°C	480	29.0	13.714 h
July	24.4°C18.6°C	18.6°C	534	30.6	13.614 h
August	24.3°C18.5°C	18.5°C	501	30.6	13.013 h
September	23.7°C17.4°C	17.4°C	375	28.7	12.312 h
October	21.8°C14.3°C	14.3°C	209	24.1	11.612 h
November	19.2°C9.5°C	9.5°C	45	8.6	10.911 h
December	16.7°C6.1°C	6.1°C	19	3.3	10.611 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 Kohima

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 Kohima) is explained once on the Kohima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.