Climate averages 1991–2020
Kollam weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Kollam: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Thiruvananthapuram (60 km away). In March its highs average 29.9°C, 2.1°C cooler than Kollam, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Kollam ranks joint 438th of 692 for the warmest March highs and 666th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Kollam is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 156 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
Kollam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 20 | 4.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 31.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 25 | 6.6 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 32.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 67 | 16.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.2°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 156 | 26.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 302 | 28.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 414 | 29.9 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 355 | 30.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 286 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 245 | 26.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 251 | 27.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 178 | 20.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 64 | 8.7 | 11.612 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
- Thiruvananthapuram in MarchIndia · 60 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Alappuzha in MarchIndia · 73 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Neyyāttinkara in MarchIndia · 77 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Thenkasi in MarchIndia · 81 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Kadayanallur in MarchIndia · 86 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Nāgercoil in MarchIndia · 122 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Tirunelveli in MarchIndia · 122 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Rajapalayam in MarchIndia · 124 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 39 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 Kollam) is explained once on the Kollam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.