Climate averages 1991–2020
Neelankarai weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Neelankarai: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the 2nd 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 Pallāvaram (12 km away). In March its highs average 32.3°C, about as warm as Neelankarai, with 8.2 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Neelankarai ranks joint 438th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 192nd of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Neelankarai is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.2 mm to 15 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
Neelankarai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 14 | 3.1 | 11.511 h |
| February | 29.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 6.4 | 1.5 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 32.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 8.2 | 1.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.8°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 15 | 2.4 | 12.412 h |
| May | 35.8°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 38 | 3.8 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.1°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 66 | 10.8 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.0°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 70 | 13.9 | 12.813 h |
| August | 33.1°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 94 | 14.7 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.4°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 102 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 208 | 19.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 227 | 16.4 | 11.512 h |
| December | 27.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 117 | 9.1 | 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
- Pallāvaram in MarchIndia · 12 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Tambaram in MarchIndia · 15 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Chennai in MarchIndia · 16 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Tiruvottiyūr in MarchIndia · 24 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Avadi in MarchIndia · 24 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Maraimalainagar in MarchIndia · 30 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Kanchipuram in MarchIndia · 62 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Arakkonam in MarchIndia · 66 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.7°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 Neelankarai) is explained once on the Neelankarai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Chennai, Pallāvaram and Tambaram lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.