Climate averages 1991–2020
Mangaluru weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Mangaluru: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Udupi (48 km away). In March its highs average 33.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than Mangaluru, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Mangaluru ranks joint 423rd of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 369th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Mangaluru is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 50 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
Mangaluru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 2.0 | 0.7 | 11.511 h |
| February | 31.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 32.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 15 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.3°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 50 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.1°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 175 | 17.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 27.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 592 | 29.4 | 12.913 h |
| July | 26.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 631 | 30.9 | 12.813 h |
| August | 26.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 437 | 30.0 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 228 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 224 | 22.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 72 | 10.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 30.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 15 | 3.2 | 11.411 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
- Udupi in MarchIndia · 48 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Kanhangad in MarchIndia · 73 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Payyanur in MarchIndia · 99 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Chikmagalūr in MarchIndia · 109 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Taliparamba in MarchIndia · 112 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Hassan in MarchIndia · 135 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Shivamogga in MarchIndia · 137 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Bhadrāvati in MarchIndia · 138 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 10 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 Mangaluru) is explained once on the Mangaluru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.