Climate averages 1991–2020

Mormugao weather
in March.

A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 32.1°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 22.4°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 5.2 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Mormugao · average highYear overview

March is a hot month in Mormugao: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 5.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Madgaon (20 km away). In March its highs average 32.5°C, about as warm as Mormugao, with 7.3 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Mormugao ranks joint 423rd of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 103rd of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Mormugao is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.2 mm to 4.8 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 9000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mormugao climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Mormugao, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 31.3°C19.8°C19.8°C1.00.311.311 h
February 31.8°C20.1°C20.1°C0.70.111.612 h
March, selected 32.1°C22.4°C22.4°C5.20.412.012 h
April 32.9°C24.9°C24.9°C4.80.612.512 h
May 32.5°C26.2°C26.2°C607.312.813 h
June 28.3°C25.0°C25.0°C71928.113.013 h
July 26.7°C24.2°C24.2°C87231.012.913 h
August 26.8°C23.9°C23.9°C57430.112.613 h
September 27.8°C23.8°C23.8°C27322.912.212 h
October 29.6°C23.9°C23.9°C14016.211.812 h
November 31.4°C22.8°C22.8°C233.411.411 h
December 31.6°C21.1°C21.1°C5.20.511.211 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 Mormugao

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