Climate averages 1991–2020

Pāli 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.

Average high 32.9°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 17.6°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 2.0 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Pāli · average highYear overview

March is a hot month in Pāli: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 2.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jodhpur (64 km away). In March its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Pāli, with 2.3 mm of rain.

Among the 692 cities listed in India, Pāli ranks joint 328th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 62nd of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Pāli is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 37.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.0 mm to 3.1 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. 51015202530354045 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 1500

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

Every month, side by side

Pāli climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Pāli, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 24.6°C10.2°C10.2°C2.70.810.711 h
February 27.7°C12.6°C12.6°C3.30.711.311 h
March, selected 32.9°C17.6°C17.6°C2.00.712.012 h
April 37.9°C22.7°C22.7°C3.10.812.713 h
May 40.3°C27.0°C27.0°C4.11.313.413 h
June 38.7°C28.3°C28.3°C364.813.714 h
July 33.9°C26.6°C26.6°C14513.213.614 h
August 31.4°C25.2°C25.2°C13213.413.013 h
September 33.0°C24.3°C24.3°C475.812.312 h
October 34.2°C20.7°C20.7°C9.81.311.612 h
November 30.1°C15.9°C15.9°C2.70.510.911 h
December 26.1°C11.6°C11.6°C0.90.210.611 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 Pāli

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