Climate averages 1991–2020
Ooty weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Ooty: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet 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 Idaiyarpālaiyam (48 km away). In March its highs average 34.0°C, 11.6°C warmer than Ooty, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Ooty ranks 683rd of 692 for the warmest March highs and 641st of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Ooty is 10.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 85 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
Ooty climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 20 | 4.8 | 11.512 h |
| February | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 22.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 44 | 7.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 85 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 22.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 161 | 23.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 20.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 205 | 23.7 | 12.813 h |
| July | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 202 | 24.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 19.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 179 | 22.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 19.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 145 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 19.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 196 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 19.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 134 | 16.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 19.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 58 | 8.3 | 11.511 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
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in MarchIndia · 48 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Coimbatore in MarchIndia · 54 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Manjeri in MarchIndia · 71 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Palakkad in MarchIndia · 71 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in MarchIndia · 74 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Malappuram in MarchIndia · 79 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Tiruppur in MarchIndia · 79 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Pollachi in MarchIndia · 91 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 21 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 Ooty) is explained once on the Ooty year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.