Climate averages 1991–2020
Palakkad weather
in March.
A very 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 very hot month in Palakkad: daytime highs average 36.9°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 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 Pollachi (41 km away). In March its highs average 34.9°C, 2.0°C cooler than Palakkad, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Palakkad ranks joint 6th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 500th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Palakkad is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 52 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
Palakkad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 2.5 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 35.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 8.4 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 36.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 22 | 4.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 52 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 32.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 81 | 18.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 212 | 26.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 202 | 25.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 153 | 22.0 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 117 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 159 | 21.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 101 | 11.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 28 | 3.6 | 11.512 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
- Pollachi in MarchIndia · 41 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Idaiyarpālaiyam in MarchIndia · 42 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Coimbatore in MarchIndia · 43 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Thrissur in MarchIndia · 56 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Valparai in MarchIndia · 59 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 139 mm rain
- Malappuram in MarchIndia · 69 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Manjeri in MarchIndia · 70 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Ooty in MarchIndia · 71 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 44 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 Palakkad) is explained once on the Palakkad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.