Climate averages 1991–2020
Paramagudi weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 7th 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 Paramagudi: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 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 Aruppukkottai (54 km away). In March its highs average 36.4°C, 2.0°C warmer than Paramagudi, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Paramagudi ranks joint 205th of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 596th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Paramagudi is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 35.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 64 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
Paramagudi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 21 | 3.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 31.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 18 | 3.5 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 34.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 31 | 5.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 64 | 11.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 36.7°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 72 | 13.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 36.5°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 54 | 12.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 36.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 63 | 12.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 35.4°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 78 | 14.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 34.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 99 | 16.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 207 | 20.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 196 | 19.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 103 | 10.7 | 11.612 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
- Aruppukkottai in MarchIndia · 54 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in MarchIndia · 61 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Madurai in MarchIndia · 66 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Virudunagar in MarchIndia · 70 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Sivakasi in MarchIndia · 88 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Kovilpatti in MarchIndia · 89 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Pudukkottai in MarchIndia · 96 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Thoothukudi in MarchIndia · 100 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 42 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 Paramagudi) is explained once on the Paramagudi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.