Climate averages 1991–2020
Nāgercoil weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Nāgercoil: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd 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 Neyyāttinkara (45 km away). In March its highs average 30.5°C, 2.6°C cooler than Nāgercoil, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Nāgercoil ranks joint 299th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 618th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Nāgercoil is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 78 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
Nāgercoil climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 12 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 32.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 14 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 33.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 36 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 78 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 85 | 14.6 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 79 | 14.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 49 | 11.5 | 12.513 h |
| August | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 51 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 62 | 11.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 171 | 18.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 197 | 17.8 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 72 | 7.7 | 11.712 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
- Neyyāttinkara in MarchIndia · 45 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Thiruvananthapuram in MarchIndia · 63 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Tirunelveli in MarchIndia · 67 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Thenkasi in MarchIndia · 88 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Kadayanallur in MarchIndia · 100 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Thoothukudi in MarchIndia · 101 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Kovilpatti in MarchIndia · 120 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Kollam in MarchIndia · 122 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 67 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 Nāgercoil) is explained once on the Nāgercoil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.